Association between workplace discrimination and depressive symptoms among firefighters in South Korea
- Authors
- Lee, Nagyeong; Kim, Ji-Hwan; Kim, Ja Young; Kim, Seung-Sup
- Issue Date
- 9월-2018
- Publisher
- WILEY
- Keywords
- depressive symptoms; firefighters; South Korea; workplace discrimination
- Citation
- AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE, v.61, no.9, pp.741 - 750
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE
- Volume
- 61
- Number
- 9
- Start Page
- 741
- End Page
- 750
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/73658
- DOI
- 10.1002/ajim.22876
- ISSN
- 0271-3586
- Abstract
- BackgroundWorkplace discrimination is associated with poor mental health. However, there is a lack of studies examining the effects of discrimination on depressive symptoms among firefighters. MethodsWe analyzed a national cross-sectional survey of 6369 firefighters in South Korea. Workplace discrimination during the past year was measured and main reasons for the discriminatory experience (gender, birth region, age, education, field/office work, job division) were identified separately by gender and job division. Depressive symptoms during the previous week were measured by the CES-D11. ResultsOverall, 30.3% of firefighters experienced workplace discrimination and the main reasons for discrimination differed by gender and job division. Firefighters who experienced workplace discrimination had a higher likelihood of depressive symptoms than those who did not after adjusting for potential confounders (PR: 1.73; 95%CI: 1.55, 1.92). ConclusionsThis finding suggests that experience of workplace discrimination could aggravate the mental health of firefighters who provide an important public service.
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