Psychological Health in Residents Participating in Clean-up Works of Hebei Spirit Oil Spill

Song, Minkyo; Hong, Yun Chul; Cheong, Hae-Kwan; Ha, Mina; Kwon, Ho-Jang; Ha, Eun Hee; Choi, Yeyong; Jeong, Woo Chul; Hur, Jongil; Lee, Seung Min; Kim, Eun-Jung

doi:10.3961/jpmph.2009.42.2.82

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“…The psychosocial variables included the frequency of mental and/or physical stress experienced during the past month (not at all, sometimes, or frequent). The psychosocial well-being index (PWI), a measure of mental health focusing on the psychosocial aspect of stress [ 17 , 18 ], was used to define three groups: positive well-being, moderate distress, and severe distress. Sleep duration was categorized as <6, 6 to 8, 8 to 10 or ≥10 h/d.…”

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Determinants of Poor Self-rated Health in Korean Adults With Diabetes

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Objectives:Self-rated health is a measure of perceived health widely used in epidemiological studies. Our study investigated the determinants of poor self-rated health in middle-aged Korean adults with diabetes.Methods:A cross-sectional study was conducted based on the Health Examinees Study. A total of 9759 adults aged 40 to 69 years who reported having physician-diagnosed diabetes were analyzed with regard to a range of health determinants, including sociodemographic, lifestyle, psychosocial, and physical variables, in association with self-rated health status using multivariate logistic regression models. A p-value <0.05 was considered to indicate statistical significance.Results:We found that negative psychosocial conditions, including frequent stress events and severe distress according to the psychosocial well-being index, were most strongly associated with poor self-rated health (odds ratio [OR]Frequent stress events, 5.40; 95% confidence interval [CI], 4.63 to 6.29; ORSevere distress, 11.08; 95% CI, 8.77 to 14.00). Moreover, younger age and being underweight or obese were shown to be associated with poor self-rated health. Physical factors relating to participants’ medical history of diabetes, such as a younger age at diagnosis, a longer duration of diabetes, insulin therapy, hemoglobin A1clevels of 6.5% or more, and comorbidities, were other correlates of poor reported health.Conclusions:Our findings suggest that, in addition to medical variables, unfavorable socioeconomic factors, and adverse lifestyle behaviors, younger age, being underweight or obese, and psychosocial stress could be distinc factors in predicting negative perceived health status in Korean adults with diabetes.

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Determinants of Poor Self-rated Health in Korean Adults With Diabetes

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Song

Yang

et al. 2015

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“…These results have been borne out in earlier studies such as the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989, [3][4][5][6][7][8][9] the Sea Empress spill in 1996, 10 the Prestige oil spill in 2002, 11,12 and the Hebei Spirit spill in 2007. [13][14][15][16] Depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) appear to be the predominant manifestations of mental health impact.…”

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