Mao Beibei, Kanjanarat Penkarn, Wongpakaran Tinakon, Permsuwan Unchalee, O'Donnell Ronald
Master of Science Program (Mental Health), Graduate School, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.
Department of Pharmaceutical Care, Faculty of Pharmacy, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.
Healthcare (Basel). 2023 Jul 31;11(15):2174. doi: 10.3390/healthcare11152174.
The physical and mental health of corporate employees is equally important, especially for international salespeople in the in vitro diagnostic (IVD) medical device industry. The rapid growth of the IVD market is driven by the increasing prevalence of chronic and infectious diseases. This study aims to determine the prevalence of depression, anxiety, and somatic symptoms among international salespeople in China's IVD industry and identify the association of socio-demographic, occupational, organizational, and psychosocial factors with mental health outcomes for depression, anxiety, and somatic symptoms in Chinese IVD international salespeople.
The study was a cross-sectional survey of international salespeople (ISs) in IVD companies officially registered in China. An online survey was designed to collect data through email contact with IVD companies and social media between August 2022 and March 2023. Measured factors included effort-reward imbalance (ERI), health-promoting leadership (HPL), health climate (HC), inner strength (IS), and perceived social support (PSS). Mental health outcomes assessed using the Core Symptom Index (CSI) were depression, anxiety, and somatic symptoms.
A total of 244 salespeople responded to the survey. CSI scores indicated that 18.4% (n = 45) and 10.2% (n = 25) of the respondents had symptoms of major depression and anxiety, respectively. ERI was positively correlated, while the IS and PSS were negatively correlated with major depression, anxiety, and somatic symptoms ( < 0.01). The health climate was negatively correlated with major depression ( < 0.05). Education background was associated with somatic symptoms ( < 0.05). ERI, IS, and gender were significant predictors of major depression, anxiety, and somatic symptoms ( < 0.05).
The prevalence of depression and anxiety in China's IVD international salespeople was considered low compared with the prevalence in Chinese populations during COVID-19 but higher than those before the pandemic. Effort-reward imbalance, inner strength, and gender were significant factors in major depression, anxiety, and somatic symptoms among IVD international salespeople.
企业员工的身心健康同样重要，对于体外诊断（IVD）医疗器械行业的国际销售人员而言尤为如此。IVD市场的快速增长受到慢性和传染病患病率上升的推动。本研究旨在确定中国IVD行业国际销售人员中抑郁症、焦虑症和躯体症状的患病率，并确定社会人口学、职业、组织和心理社会因素与中国IVD国际销售人员抑郁症、焦虑症和躯体症状心理健康结果之间的关联。
本研究是对在中国正式注册的IVD公司国际销售人员（ISs）进行的横断面调查。2022年8月至2023年3月期间，通过与IVD公司电子邮件联系和社交媒体设计了一项在线调查来收集数据。测量因素包括努力-回报失衡（ERI）、促进健康的领导风格（HPL）、健康氛围（HC）、内在力量（IS）和感知社会支持（PSS）。使用核心症状指数（CSI）评估的心理健康结果为抑郁症、焦虑症和躯体症状。
共有244名销售人员回复了调查。CSI评分表明，分别有18.4%（n = 45）和10.2%（n = 25）的受访者有重度抑郁症和焦虑症症状。ERI与重度抑郁症、焦虑症和躯体症状呈正相关，而IS和PSS与重度抑郁症、焦虑症和躯体症状呈负相关（<0.01）。健康氛围与重度抑郁症呈负相关（<0.05）。教育背景与躯体症状有关（<0.05）。ERI、IS和性别是重度抑郁症、焦虑症和躯体症状的重要预测因素（<0.05）。
与新冠疫情期间中国人群的患病率相比，中国IVD国际销售人员中抑郁症和焦虑症的患病率被认为较低，但高于疫情大流行前。努力-回报失衡、内在力量和性别是IVD国际销售人员重度抑郁症、焦虑症和躯体症状的重要因素。
