Ornek Ozlem Koseoglu, Esin Melek Nihal
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul Bilgi University, Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey.
Department of Community Health Nursing, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing, Istanbul University, Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey.
Saf Health Work. 2018 Mar;9(1):101-108. doi: 10.1016/j.shaw.2017.06.004. Epub 2017 Jul 1.
Work and work environment have a critical influence on adolescent workers' health. They are subjected to more risks than adults. The aim of this study is to examine psychological health outcomes in adolescent workers in the areas of depression, somatization, anxiety, hostility, and negative self-concept, and to investigate any related factors.
This is a descriptive and cross-sectional study. Research samples were collected from adolescent workers between 15 and 18 years old attending a 1-day mandatory education course at vocational training centers, working 5 days per week in small enterprises. Data were collected using the following instruments: Brief Symptom Inventory, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, and Descriptive Characteristics of Children's Assessment Form.
The investigation covers 837 young workers, of whom 675 were males and 162 were females. The majority of the families had low incomes (68.1%). Overall, 33.5% of the adolescents had been hospitalized because of health problems. Their average weekly working hours were 78.1 ± 10.7. Almost 50% of adolescent workers scored above the mean average in the Brief Symptom Inventory, indicating serious pschological health symptoms.Those who scored high for hostility, depression, negative self-concept, anxiety, and somatization were between 45.4% and 48.9% of the sample. Logistic regression analysis was conducted to determine the underlying factors: a perception of "feeling very bad" health conditions was 2.07-fold whereas the rate of "no annual leave" was 0.73-fold, and both were found to be effective on psychological problems.
In this study, it seems likely that psychological health problems are the result of multiple adverse factors including working conditions, annual leave, and health considerations.
工作及工作环境对青少年工人的健康有着至关重要的影响。他们比成年人面临更多风险。本研究旨在探讨青少年工人在抑郁、躯体化、焦虑、敌意和消极自我概念等方面的心理健康结果，并调查相关因素。
这是一项描述性横断面研究。研究样本来自年龄在15至18岁之间、在职业培训中心参加为期1天的必修课、每周在小企业工作5天的青少年工人。使用以下工具收集数据：简明症状量表、领悟社会支持多维量表和儿童评估表描述性特征。
调查涵盖837名青年工人，其中男性675名，女性162名。大多数家庭收入较低（68.1%）。总体而言，33.5%的青少年因健康问题住院。他们平均每周工作时长为78.1±10.7小时。几乎50%的青少年工人在简明症状量表中的得分高于平均水平，表明存在严重的心理健康症状。敌意、抑郁、消极自我概念、焦虑和躯体化得分高的人占样本的45.4%至48.9%。进行逻辑回归分析以确定潜在因素：认为“感觉健康状况很差”的比例是2.07倍，而“没有年假”的比例是0.73倍，两者均被发现对心理问题有影响。
在本研究中，心理健康问题似乎是多种不利因素的结果，包括工作条件、年假和健康因素。
