Burns Kristy, Ellis Louise A, Neto Abilio De Almeida, Amin Janaki
Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Asia Pac J Public Health. 2025 Mar;37(2-3):218-228. doi: 10.1177/10105395241306477. Epub 2024 Dec 21.
The workplace is an important setting for improving population psychological health. This study aimed to identify priority industries and populations in Australia with highest adverse effects of psychological distress. The study included 5834 workers aged 18 to 64 years who participated in the 2020 to 2021 National Health Survey. Logistic regression analyses were used to estimate the prevalence of psychological distress by industry, age group, and gender. Productivity losses were analyzed using negative binomial regression. Increased odds of experiencing distress were found for younger workers 18 to 29 years (odds ratio [OR] = 2. 45) and female workers (OR = 1.52). Industry of employment did not impact distress once age and gender were accounted for ( = .956). Being highly/very highly distressed resulted in a mean of 21.56 more distress-related loss days per year (0.78 vs 22.34) compared with low/moderate distress. Targeted and tailored workplace intervention programs for these groups are required to build a healthy and productive future workforce.
工作场所是改善人群心理健康的重要环境。本研究旨在确定澳大利亚心理困扰负面影响最大的重点行业和人群。该研究纳入了5834名年龄在18至64岁之间、参与了2020年至2021年全国健康调查的工人。采用逻辑回归分析按行业、年龄组和性别估计心理困扰的患病率。使用负二项回归分析生产力损失。发现18至29岁的年轻工人（优势比[OR]=2.45）和女性工人（OR=1.52）经历困扰的几率增加。一旦考虑年龄和性别因素，就业行业对困扰没有影响（P = 0.956）。与低度/中度困扰相比，高度/非常高度困扰导致每年与困扰相关的损失天数平均多21.56天（0.78天对22.34天）。需要针对这些群体制定有针对性和量身定制的工作场所干预计划，以打造健康且高效的未来劳动力队伍。
