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KMID : 1100920210420050390
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Korean Journal of Family Medicine
2021 Volume.42 No. 5 p.390 ~ p.394
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Association between Near Work Time and Depression among Workers in South Korea
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Jeong Na-Rae
Lee Seung-Hun
Kim Yun-Jin
Lee Jeong-Gyu
Yi Yu-Hyeon
Tak Young-Jin
Hwang Hye-Rim
Kim Gyu-Lee
Lee Sang-Yeoub
Cho Young-Hye
Park Eun-Ju
Lee Young-In
Choi Jung-In
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Abstract
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Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between near work time and depression.
Methods: Data of 1,551 workers aged 19?49 years from the sixth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were examined. The Patient Health Questionaire-9 scores were used to screen for depression. Participants who scored a total of 10 or above, which is suggestive of the presence of depression, were classified as the depression group; the rest were classified as normal. The correlation between daily near work time and depression was analyzed using multivariate logistic analysis after adjusting for other sociodemographic and health behavior-related variables.
Results: Multivariate logistic analysis found that workers with 3 or more hours of near work were more likely to report depression compared to the reference group who had 2 or fewer hours per day of near work (adjusted odds ratio, 2.471; 95% confidence interval, 1.062?5.747).
Conclusion: Longer near work time was associated with depression among South Korea’s workers. Therefore, it is necessary to reduce near work time to prevent depression.
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KEYWORD
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Near Work Time, Depression, Work, Korea
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