For the purpose of obtaining reference materials for the prevention and management of mental health promoting in industrial workers, this survey was investigated the relationship between subjective fatigue symptoms and its related factors such as demo...
For the purpose of obtaining reference materials for the prevention and management of mental health promoting in industrial workers, this survey was investigated the relationship between subjective fatigue symptoms and its related factors such as demographic, job and health related variables. 442 cases of industral workers which occurred in 7 factories of machine and metal manufacturing indusrtries in Taejon industrial area surveyed by self-recorded questionnaire.
The results were as follows:
1. In the complaint rates of fatigue, "eye strain" (21.9%) was the highest followed by "feel like lying" and "feel a pain in the low back" (12.4%), "feel drowsy" (12.2%), "yawning a lot"(11.8%) and "whole body feels tired" (11.1%) in the decending order.
2. In the average weighted scores of fatigue complaints, dullness and sleepness group( I ) was the highest, followed by difficulty in concentration group(II) and bodily projection of fatigue group(III) in the decending order.
3. The average weighted scores of fatigue complaints by general characteristics were significantly higher in the lower age group, lower education group and unmarried divorce group. But there was no difference in sex.
5. By the working condition, the fatigue scores were significantly higher in manual worker and shift worker than scores of clerical worker and day worker.
6. By the life style, the fatigue scores were forced to be significantly lower in 7-8 sleeping hour group and every day eating breakfast group than those scores of other groups. But everyday alcohol drinking group and the lower health practice indecies group were significantly higher than that of other groups.
7. By the health status and psychological factors, the fatigue scores were high scores in unhealthy group, unsatisfaction income level group, unsatisfaction worker contents group and the group of self-control in work was bad.
8. In the stepwised multiple regression, factors affecting the fatigue symptoms scores were depression symptom score, health status, marital status, job satisfaction, job repeatedness, body mass index.