ArticleAnnals of occupational and environmental medicine2016
Employment and occupation effects on late-life depressive symptoms among older Koreans: a cross-sectional population survey.
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- Prevalence and factors associated with anxiety and depression among community-dwelling older adults in Hunan, China: a cross-sectional study.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- Questionnaire-free machine-learning method to predict depressive symptoms among community-dwelling older adults.PloS one · 2023Article
- Cognitive efficiency in late midlife is linked to lifestyle characteristics and allostatic load.Aging · 2019Article
- Paid employment and common mental disorders in 50-64-year olds: analysis of three cross-sectional nationally representative survey samples in 1993, 2000 and 2007.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe present study investigated the prevalence of depressive symptoms in older Koreans and identified associations between depressive symptoms and occupational factors.
methodsData from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey V (2010-2012) were used to analyze 7320 participants aged 55 years or older. Complex sample logistic regression analysis was performed after adjusting general characteristics to determine associations between depressive symptoms and occupational factors.
resultsAmong older Korean men, the prevalence of depressive symptoms in the employed and the non-employed groups were 9.9 % and 13.7 %, respectively. Employment status was significantly associated with depressive symptoms after adjusting for general factors (OR: 0.69, 95 % CI: 0.49-0.97). Among older Korean women, the prevalence of depressive symptoms in the employed and the non-employed groups were 17.4 % and 20.3 %, respectively, but employment status was not significantly associated with depressive symptoms. Second skill level occupational groups (clerks, plant and machine operators) in particular showed significantly lower prevalence of depressive symptoms than the non-employed group of men (9.3 % vs 13.7 %). By occupation type, the odds ratios were 0.31 (95 % CI: 0.10-0.97, clerks) and 0.47 (95 % CI: 0.23-0.86, plant and machine operators) adjusting for general factors.
conclusionsThe employed group showed lower late-life depressive symptom prevalence than the non-employed group among older Korean men. In addition some second skill level occupations (clerks, plant and machine operators) were significantly associated with a lower risk of depressive symptoms after adjusting for general factors in older Korean men.
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