Abstract
Although health apps have been developed and utilized in many countries, there is no baseline study about what percentage of Korean workers use these types of health apps. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to describe the work-related stress, health status, and utilization of health apps of Korean adult workers. This descriptive study included 95 adults in South Korea. Demographic variables, work-related stress, health status, and utilization of health apps were obtained using an online self-reported survey. Descriptive analyses were used to explore prevalence of each variable. This study found that almost 65% of the participants fell into the higher work-related stress group. About 41.6% of the participants in this sample evaluated their general health status as fair to poor with 26.8% being overweight to obese and 11.6% having hypertension. However, only about 33.7% of the sample have used health apps. Therefore, utilization of health apps as health and stress management tools should be encouraged at a public health level.
Highlights
Mental health promotion in adults has great public health concerns and social significance [1]
Participants consisted of 32 males (38.1%) and 52 females (61.9%)
Higher work-related stress was reported by 64.8% of the participants in this study, which was similar or quite higher than those from other studies that reported Korean workers reported higher work-related stress [2–5]
Summary
Mental health promotion in adults has great public health concerns and social significance [1]. According to the results of the Korean Working Conditions Survey (KWCS), the number of workers who experienced depression and anxiety in the past 12 months was. Considering the reluctance to expose mental symptoms due to stigma at work and difficulties in returning to work after treatment, it is expected that the number of workers will continue to increase in the future [2]. As of 2021, the number of Korean workers was 18,945 thousand, which is 36.7%. According to classification of industries, the number of workers in manufacture was the largest (n = 3675 thousands), followed by sales (n = 2286 thousands), health and social work service (n = 2045 thousands), education service (n = 1677 thousands), and construction (n = 1378 thousands). Korean workers reported that they worked 149 h per month and their monthly income was around $3075 [3]
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