Abstract
Introduction:The health level of the population and the way people perceive it has been associated with their physical and mental health, as well as with their social and occupational characteristics.Purpose:The comparative assessment of mental and health level in shipbuilding industry workers and general population and its relationship to social and economic parameters.Methods:A group of one hundred men working in the shipbuilding industry aged 51.8±8.2 years old and a control group of one hundred men of the general population aged 51.1±6.4 were studied. All participants completed the General Health Questionnaire – 28 and Fagerstrom test and a form with demographic, occupational and economic status characteristics. The statistical software SPSS 17.0 was used for data analysis.Results:Twenty–six percent of the general population and 47% of men working in the shipbuilding industry assessed their health as moderate/poor. Higher median values of anxiety and depressive symptomatology were observed in individuals characterizing their health as moderate/poor (p<0.001), their work as physically too demanding and in individuals with high dependency on smoking (p<0.05). With regard to the parameter of physical complaints, people working in the shipbuilding industry, non-active employees and those with comorbidities were found more burdened in relation to the general population (p<0.05). Depressive disorders were more common in those stating that their economic situation had been significantly deteriorated and in individuals with chronic diseases, which also showed reduced social functioning (p<0.05).Conclusions:Health level and its individual dimensions are both associated with health self-assessment and occupational and economic status. The coexistence of chronic diseases and smoking dependence affects emotion and social functioning of individuals.
Highlights
The health level of the population and the way people perceive it has been associated with their physical and mental health, as well as with their social and occupational characteristics.Purpose: The comparative assessment of mental and health level in shipbuilding industry workers and general population and its relationship to social and economic parameters
With regard to the parameter of physical complaints, people working in the shipbuilding industry, non-active employees and those with comorbidities were found more burdened in relation to the general population (p
Depressive disorders were more common in those stating that their economic situation had been significantly deteriorated and in individuals with chronic diseases, which showed reduced social functioning (p
Summary
The health level of the population and the way people perceive it has been associated with their physical and mental health, as well as with their social and occupational characteristics. Purpose: The comparative assessment of mental and health level in shipbuilding industry workers and general population and its relationship to social and economic parameters. The most important determinants of health and quality of life concern the socio-economic conditions and the physical and psychosocial health of the individual (Yfantopoulos & Sarris, 2001). The identification of individuals with psychiatric symptomatology and mood disorders in the community contributes to the assessment of the factors determining the use of Health Services, the incidence of specific psychiatric disorders and to investigate the correlation of psychiatric symptoms to social, demographic and economic factors (Thornicroft, 2001). The quality of life in depressed patients is affected by the disease and is more burdensome when coexisting with diabetes, hypertension or other chronic respiratory diseases (Martin et al, 2008)
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