Determination of factors affecting the mental health of underground miners<p>Yeraltı maden ocaklarında çalışan maden işçilerin ruh sağlığını etkileyen faktörlerin belirlenmesi
Journal Title: Journal of Human Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 15, Issue 3
Abstract
Aim: This study aims to determine the impact of working conditions on mental health of underground miners.Method: It is a descriptive study. Research population consists of 1857 underground miners working at Zonguldak Kozlu Enterprise of Turkish Hard Coal Enterprises (TTK), and we tried to get in touch with all of them. However, we were able to contact 800 workers only and 684 questionnaires were taken into consideration. To collect data, Personal Information Form and Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) were used. Descriptive statistics, Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis and Bonferroni Correction Mann Whitney U tests were performed to assess the data.Findings: The study found that BSI mean scores of the miners who are 41[A1] and older miner, have a low level of education and sufficient income to meet their expenses were lower compared to other groups (p<0.05); and only hostility and BSI mean scores of the miners who have been working in the mine for 20 years or more were lower compared to other groups (p>0.05) and statistically significant. The frequency of displaying psychiatric symptoms in the miners were not influenced by the variables marital status, family type, having children and living environment.Conclusions: The study found that the frequency of displaying psychiatric symptoms is lower in older miners who have a low level of education and income just meeting their expenses and have been working at the mine for 20 years or more. Extended English summary is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file. ÖzetAmaç: Bu çalışma yeraltı maden ocaklarında çalışan işçilerin çalışma koşullarının ruh sağlığına etkisini belirlemek amacıyla yapılmıştır.Yöntem: Bu tanımlayıcı bir çalışmadır. Araştırmanın evrenini Türkiye Taşkömürü Kurumu (TTK) Zonguldak Kozlu Müessesi’nde çalışan 1 857 yeraltı maden işçisi oluşturmuş ve evrenin tamamına ulaşılmaya çalışılmıştır. Ancak 800 işçiye ulaşılabilmiş ve 684 soru formu değerlendirmeye alınmıştır. Verilerin toplanmasında Kişisel Bilgi Formu ve Kısa Semptom Envanteri (KSE) kullanılmıştır. Verilerin değerlendirilmesinde tanımlayıcı istatistikler, Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis ve Bonferroni Düzeltmeli Mann-Whitney U testi kullanılmıştır.Bulgular: 41 yaş ve üzeri, düşük eğitim düzeyine sahip ve geliri giderini karşılayan işçilerin KSE puan ortalamaları diğer gruplara göre düşük (p<0.05); 20 yıl ve daha uzun süre madende çalışan işçilerin yalnızca hostilite ve KSE toplam puan ortalamaları diğer gruplara göre düşük (p>0.05) ve istatistiksel olarak anlamlıdır. Maden işçilerinin psikiyatrik belirti gösterme sıklığı medeni durum, aile tipi, çocuk sahibi olma, yaşanılan yer değişkenlerinden etkilenmemiştir.Sonuçlar: Bu çalışmada ileri yaşta, düşük eğitim düzeyinde, geliri giderini karşılayan, 20 yıl ve üzerinde madende çalışan işçilerin psikiyatrik belirti gösterme sıklığının daha düşük olduğu belirlenmiştir.
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Ayşe Kuzu, Gül Ünsal Barlas, Nevin Gonce Onan
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