Date Yutaka, Abe Yasuyo, Aoyagi Kiyoshi, Ye Zhaojia, Takamura Noboru, Tomita Masato, Osaki Makoto, Honda Sumihisa
Department of Public Health, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan.
Ind Health. 2009 Aug;47(4):376-82. doi: 10.2486/indhealth.47.376.
The number of foreign workers in Japan, especially temporary workers, has been increasing recently. However, little is known about the mental health status of the foreign workers working temporarily in Japan. We examined the depressive symptoms in 81 Chinese factory workers and attempted to identify the determining factors. The subjects were requested to complete individual questionnaires on sociodemographic variables (sex, age group, and residence period in Japan), working condition variables (number of working days per week and working hours per day), health administration variables (health checkups and health education), a social support variable (interpreters at workplace), and health behavior variables (alcohol consumption, current smoking, and regular exercise). The 20-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale (CES-D) was used to measure the depressive symptoms. Of all the subjects, 95% and 84% received health checkups and health education, respectively, at their workplaces. The results of multiple linear regression analysis showed that long working hours per day were significantly associated with high CES-D score. Further, we found that older age (30-49 yr) was marginally associated with high CES-D score. Health administration considering working time and age would be important for decreasing depressive symptoms among foreign workers.
日本外国工人的数量，尤其是临时工数量，最近一直在增加。然而，对于在日本临时工作的外国工人的心理健康状况却知之甚少。我们调查了81名中国工厂工人的抑郁症状，并试图确定其决定因素。受试者被要求填写关于社会人口统计学变量（性别、年龄组和在日本的居住时间）、工作条件变量（每周工作日数和每天工作小时数）、健康管理变量（健康检查和健康教育）、社会支持变量（工作场所的口译员）以及健康行为变量（饮酒、当前吸烟和定期锻炼）的个人问卷。使用20项流行病学研究中心抑郁量表（CES-D）来测量抑郁症状。在所有受试者中，分别有95%和84%在工作场所接受了健康检查和健康教育。多元线性回归分析结果显示，每天工作时间长与CES-D高分显著相关。此外，我们发现年龄较大（30 - 49岁）与CES-D高分存在微弱关联。考虑工作时间和年龄的健康管理对于减少外国工人的抑郁症状很重要。
