일반건강측정도구(PWI)를 이용한 사무직근로자들의 스트레스와 관련요인 = Stress and the Related Factors in Bank Clerks

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study was performed to analyze the association of the stress measured through a modified GHQ(General Health Questionnaire) and the related factors including general and occupational characteristics in 998 bank clerks. The results were as follows;
1. Among the subjects, men were 446(56.2%) and women were 348(43.8%). Women composed the majority of younger, lower education, lower income and lower position groups than men.
2. Women workers showed very much higher scores in PWI and four items -Social performance and self-confidence(SS1), Depression(SS2), Sleeping disturbance and anxiety(SS 3), General well-being and vitality(SS4)- of the stress survey.
3. Among women, workers of high risk of stress were 89(25.6%), which was very significantly higher prevalence than that of man workers, 59(13.2%).
4. Increasing the frequencies of weekly drinking alcohol beverage and daily smoking, more daily working time, decreasing the frequency of weekly excercise and sleeping hours related to increasing more than two scores of stress items.
5. In women, lower BMI and education level, more family inhabitants, decreasing sleeping hours related to increasing more than two scores of stress items(PWI, SS1-SS4).
Considering above all things, woman workers showed higher scores in all stress items than those of man workers. And the factors related to each stress items were different between men and women, which should be considered in planning any mental health promotion project for these groups.