Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Hanyang University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
J Korean Med Sci. 2018 May 25;33(25):e187. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2018.33.e187. eCollection 2018 Jun 18.
As job stress is associated with various diseases and psychiatric conditions, we aimed to estimate the job stress-attributable burden of disease in Korea based on the concept of disability-adjusted life years (DALY).
We selected ischemic heart disease (IHD), stroke, major depressive disorder (MDD), and suicide as health outcomes from job stress, because of the ease of access to data estimating burdens and of important meaning of them in Korean occupational background.
Our findings demonstrated that approximately 21% of Korean workers were exposed to high job strain, which was attributable for approximately 6.7% of IHDs, 6.9% of strokes, 13.6% of MDDs, and 4% of suicides. In terms of job stress-attributable DALY, the burdens of disease per 100,000 people were 38 for IHD, 72 for stroke, 168 for MDDs, and 44 for suicides.
The present findings suggested that one-fifth of Korean workers were suffering from high job strain. Although the figures may not be accurate due to several assumptions, job stress is an important risk factor for health in working environment in Korea.
由于工作压力与各种疾病和精神疾病有关，我们旨在根据残疾调整生命年（DALY）的概念来估计韩国的与工作压力相关的疾病负担。
我们选择了缺血性心脏病（IHD）、中风、重度抑郁症（MDD）和自杀作为工作压力引起的健康结果，因为这些疾病的数据容易估算负担，并且在韩国职业背景下具有重要意义。
我们的研究结果表明，大约 21%的韩国工人面临高工作压力，这可归因于大约 6.7%的 IHD、6.9%的中风、13.6%的 MDD 和 4%的自杀。就工作压力导致的 DALY 而言，每 100,000 人患病的负担为 38 例 IHD、72 例中风、168 例 MDD 和 44 例自杀。
本研究结果表明，五分之一的韩国工人承受着高工作压力。尽管由于存在一些假设，这些数字可能并不准确，但工作压力是韩国工作环境中健康的一个重要危险因素。
