Yoo Hyoungseob, Kang Mo-Yeol
Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Int J Urol. 2025 Feb;32(2):158-163. doi: 10.1111/iju.15614. Epub 2024 Oct 20.
Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are prevalent among women, affecting not only their physical well-being but also their quality of working life. This study aimed to assess the relationship between psychosocial factors at work and LUTS among working women. Additionally, we sought to investigate whether women with psychosocial risk factors at work reported reduced quality of life (QOL) and a higher degree of productivity loss from absenteeism and presenteeism.
An online survey was conducted to collect the demographic characteristics, occupational risk factors, and LUTS among employed Korean women. Shift work, weekly working hours, occupational stress, and emotional labor were surveyed as psychosocial risk factors at work. The association between psychosocial risk factors and LUTS was assessed using adjusted logistic regression. The relationships between psychosocial risk factors and LUTS-related outcomes, such as were examined using a generalized linear model.
Of the 1057 participants, 260 (24.6%) and 294 (27.81%) had overactive bladder and urinary incontinence, respectively. Job stress, emotional labor, and night-shift work are significantly associated with a higher prevalence of LUTS, which reduce workers' QOL and labor productivity through absenteeism and presenteeism due to urination symptoms.
Psychosocial factors at work, particularly job stress, emotional labor, and night-shift work, were significantly associated with a higher prevalence of LUTS, leading to reduced QOL and labor productivity due to urination symptoms.
下尿路症状（LUTS）在女性中普遍存在，不仅影响她们的身体健康，还影响她们的工作生活质量。本研究旨在评估职业女性工作中的社会心理因素与LUTS之间的关系。此外，我们试图调查工作中存在社会心理风险因素的女性是否报告生活质量（QOL）下降以及旷工和出勤不出力导致的生产力损失程度更高。
进行了一项在线调查，以收集韩国职业女性的人口统计学特征、职业风险因素和LUTS。调查了轮班工作、每周工作时长、职业压力和情绪劳动作为工作中的社会心理风险因素。使用调整后的逻辑回归评估社会心理风险因素与LUTS之间的关联。使用广义线性模型检查社会心理风险因素与LUTS相关结果之间的关系。
在1057名参与者中，分别有260名（24.6%）和294名（27.81%）患有膀胱过度活动症和尿失禁。工作压力、情绪劳动和夜班工作与LUTS的较高患病率显著相关，这些因素会因排尿症状导致旷工和出勤不出力，从而降低工人的生活质量和劳动生产率。
工作中的社会心理因素，特别是工作压力、情绪劳动和夜班工作，与LUTS的较高患病率显著相关，由于排尿症状导致生活质量下降和劳动生产率降低。
