수도권 지역 안경사의 직무스트레스와 우울증상과의 상관관계

Purpose: This study investigated the relationship between job stress and depression in healthcare workers. Methods: Participants were opticians (n=153) in Seoul, the Korean capital, and were randomly selected for this study. In total, 149 questionnaires were completed adequately for inclusion in this analysis. We measured respondents’ degree of depression using the Beck’s Depression Inventory (BDI-II); degree of job stress was measured on the Korean Occupational Stress Scale (KOSS). Responses were analysed in SPSS Statistic 18.0. Results: In total, 18.8% of opticians had depressive symptoms, which differed significantly depending on gender, subjective health, and economic status; the remaining 81.2% did not show depressive symptoms. The mean job stress score was higher in the group with depressive symptoms than the group without depressive symptoms. All job stress factors, except for job instability, were statistically significant. With the exclusion of job insecurity, all other job stress measures (organizational system, lack of reward, occupational climate, insufficient job control, job demand, and interpersonal conflict) had a statistically significant positive correlation with participants’ BDI-II score. Conclusions: This study confirms a positive correlation between job stress and depressive symptoms, and suggests that high job stress levels may lead to high depressive symptoms. We suggest that basic data on opticians’ working conditions should be used to identify and reduce job stress factors for opticians and implement preventive management measures.