Blair Winkler Rachel, Middleton Campbell, Remes Olivia
Department of Engineering, Laing O'Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0FS, UK.
Healthcare (Basel). 2024 Feb 29;12(5):570. doi: 10.3390/healthcare12050570.
A plethora of studies on the prevalence of poor mental health have been undertaken in the general population. Nevertheless, an understanding of the prevalence of poor mental health in the context of high-risk settings, such as construction, is missing. This is noteworthy as poor mental health is widespread in this context. Given that over 100 million people work in construction on a global scale, a better understanding of the burden of poor mental health in construction is needed. To this end, a review on the prevalence of key mental health-related conditions in construction was undertaken. Through this review, over 1000 papers were identified through PubMed and Google Scholar. After applying inclusion and exclusion criteria, a final set of 19 documents were included. Results showed that anxiety and depressive disorders, as well as psychological distress, have a high burden in construction. Vulnerable population subgroups (e.g., women, minority ethnic groups) were identified. Construction is a high-risk setting and despite this, the burden of poor mental health in this context is not given the importance it deserves. This review sheds light on the prevalence of key conditions, which are linked to high humanistic and economic burden. This review provides a foundation and useful starting point for further investigations, and results from this review may be used to inform future research, workplace interventions, and policy.
针对普通人群心理健康状况不佳的患病率，已经开展了大量研究。然而，对于建筑等高危环境下心理健康状况不佳的患病率，我们仍缺乏了解。鉴于心理健康状况不佳在这一环境中普遍存在，这一点值得关注。全球有超过1亿人从事建筑工作，因此需要更好地了解建筑行业中心理健康状况不佳所带来的负担。为此，我们对建筑行业中与心理健康相关的关键病症的患病率进行了一项综述。通过这次综述，我们通过PubMed和谷歌学术搜索到了1000多篇论文。在应用纳入和排除标准后，最终纳入了19份文献。结果表明，焦虑症、抑郁症以及心理困扰在建筑行业中负担沉重。已确定了弱势群体亚组（如女性、少数族裔群体）。建筑行业是一个高危环境，尽管如此，这一环境中心理健康状况不佳的负担并未得到应有的重视。本综述揭示了与高人文和经济负担相关的关键病症的患病率。本综述为进一步研究提供了基础和有用的起点，本次综述的结果可用于为未来的研究、工作场所干预措施和政策提供参考。
