Relationship between health practices and depressive mood among industrial workers.

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  • KAWAKAMI Norito
    Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo
  • HARATANI Takashi
    National Institute of Industrial Health, Ministry of Labour
  • KANEKO Tetsuya
    Department of Human Ecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kyorin University
  • KOIZUMI Akira
    Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo

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  • 企業従業員における健康習慣と抑うつ症状の関連性
  • キギョウ ジュウギョウイン ニ オケル ケンコウ シュウカン ト ヨクウツ シ

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Abstract

In order to investigate the relationship between health practices and depressive mood, a survey was made by mail questionnaire on 3, 987 industrial workers, which included items on 8 health practices and Zung Self-rating Depression Scale (Zung SDS).<br>A total of 3, 160 or 79.3% responded to the questionnaire. Multivariate analysis was employed to control the effects of possible confounders, such as demographic, job- and health-related variables.<br>As the results, the following four health practices were found to be significantly related to low depressive score in male cases (N=2, 779): (1) eating breakfast regularly, (2) habitual physical activity, (3) moderate alcohol consumption, and (4) obesity not less than -10%. The following three health practices were found in female cases (N=381) to be significantly related to low depression score: (1) sleeping regularly 7-8 h per night, (2) habitual physical activity, and (3) non-smoker.<br>It is considered that these health practices might decrease depressive mood, but further analysis is needed to determine their causal relationships because of the cross-sectional design of the present study.

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  • Sangyo Igaku

    Sangyo Igaku 29 (1), 55-63, 1987

    Japan Society for Occupational Health

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