Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Turku, Finland.
BMC Public Health. 2018 Jun 26;18(1):794. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5659-3.
The psychosocial environment of the workplace has received less attention in terms of occupational health. Trust, social network and social cohesion at the workplace (that is, factors related to social capital) may have effects on employee health. Thus, the objective of this study was to examine the association between workplace social capital and mental health among Iranian workers.
In this cross-sectional study, data were obtained from 5 factories in Babol, Northern Iran, in 2016, where 280 workers responded to a survey on social capital at work and psychosocial distress.
Approximately 23.6% of the workers had psychological distress, and 23.4% had low social capital in the workplace. There was a significant relationship between mental health and individual workplace social capital (p = 0.025) and aggregated workplace social capital (p = 0.027). After controlling for each individual's characteristics, the prevalence ratio of psychological distress was 2.11 (95% CI: 1.43-3.17) times higher among workers with low individual social capital, and low aggregated workplace social capital was associated with 2.64 (95% CI: 1.28-5.45) times higher odds of psychological distress.
Higher social capital is associated with a reduced risk of psychological distress. The promotion of social capital can be considered as a means to increase workplace mental health among workers.
工作场所的社会心理环境在职业健康方面受到的关注较少。工作场所的信任、社交网络和社会凝聚力(即与社会资本相关的因素)可能对员工的健康产生影响。因此,本研究旨在探讨伊朗工人工作场所社会资本与心理健康之间的关系。
本横断面研究于 2016 年在伊朗北部的博尔巴赫尔的 5 家工厂进行,共 280 名工人对工作场所的社会资本和心理社会压力进行了调查。
约 23.6%的工人存在心理困扰,23.4%的工人工作场所的社会资本较低。心理健康与个体工作场所社会资本(p=0.025)和综合工作场所社会资本(p=0.027)呈显著相关。在控制了每个个体的特征后,个体社会资本较低的工人心理困扰的患病率比为 2.11(95%CI:1.43-3.17),综合工作场所社会资本较低的工人心理困扰的患病率比为 2.64(95%CI:1.28-5.45)。
较高的社会资本与较低的心理困扰风险相关。促进社会资本可以被视为提高工人工作场所心理健康的一种手段。