Survey on Relationship among Health Relating Factors Sasang Constitution and Stress

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J Korean Med. 2015;36(3):14-22

doi : https://doi.org/10.13048/jkm.15016

Mi-Young Jeong ¹, Hee-Young Kim ²^,, Young-Hae Chung ², Eun Namkung ¹, Hwa-Young Ann ¹, Soo-Jung Park ³^,

¹Department of Nursing, Dongshin University Gwangju Korean Medicine Hospital

²Department of Nursing, School of Korean Medicine, Dongshin University

³Department of Sasang Constitutional Medicine, Dongshin University Gwangju Korean Medicine Hospital

Correspondence to: 김희영(Hee-Young Kim), 58245 전남 나주시 건재로 185 동신대학교 한의과대학 간호학과, Tel: +82-61-330-3585, Fax: +82-61-330-3580, E-mail: kimhy@dsu.ac.kr

박수정(Soo-Jung Park), 61619 광주광역시 남구 월산로 141 동신대학교 광주한방병원 사상체질과, Tel: +82-62-350-7206, Fax: +82-62-350-7551, E-mail: taorgi@hanmail.net

Received 2015 July 29; Revised 2015 September 18; Accepted 2015 September 18.

Abstract

Objectives:

The objective of the present study was to assess the factors that influence the health of workers, especially nurses, and to propose methods for health management.

Methods:

A total of 246 nurses were surveyed to ascertain the health status score, Sasang constitution diagnosis, health-related life and job factors, psychosocial stress, and job stress. Depending on their health status score, the subjects were categorized into unhealthy, intermediate, or healthy groups, and each factor was compared with the stress score of the groups. Further, each Sasang constitution factor was also compared with the stress scores.

Results:

Analysis based on the health status scores indicated that the patients in the intermediate group were older and had longer tenure than those in the unhealthy or healthy groups. The healthy group had higher number of married individuals, and they were subjectively assessed as healthy. Patients in this group were more satisfied with their work than those in the unhealthy group. Analysis of the Sasang constitution showed that a lower percentage of individuals with a Soeumin constitution were married, and most considered themselves to be unhealthy during the subjective health assessment.

Conclusions:

The findings of this survey revealed that in order to maintain health, efforts should be made to improve the work environment, achieve health confidence, and practice health behavior while considering one’s own body, mental state, and constitution.

Keywords: health status; healthy behavior; Sasang constitution; psychological stress; job stress; health confidence

Table 1.

Health-related Life and Job Factors according to Health Status

Table 2.

Psychosocial and Job Stress Scores with Life and Job according to Health Status

Table 3.

Correlation between Total Health Status Score and Partial Health Status Score, Psychosocial and Job Stress Scores

Table 4.

Health Status Score according to Sasang Constitution

Table 5.

Health-related Life and Job Factors according to Sasang Constitution

Table 6.

Psychosocial and Job Stress Score according to Sasang Constitution

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Table 1.

Health-related Life and Job Factors according to Health Status

	Health status

	Unhealthy (N=41)	Intermediate (N=167)	Healthy (N=38)	Total (N=246)	p-value
Age (yr)	28.10±5.63^a	31.45±7.59^b	28.26±5.45^a	30.40±7.15	.003

Sex
Men	0 (0.0%)	5 (83.3%)	1 (16.7%)	6 (100.0%)	.536
Women	41 (17.1%)	162 (67.5%)	37 (15.4%)	240 (100.0%)

Married
Yes	34 (21.1%)	99 (61.5%)	28 (17.4%)	161 (100.0%)	.009
No	7 (8.2%)	68 (80.0%)	10 (11.8%)	85 (100.0%)

Regular exercise
Yes	2 (7.1%)	21 (75.0%)	5 (17.9%)	28 (100.0%)	.355
No	39 (17.9%)	146 (67.0%)	33 (15.1%)	218 (100.0%)

Sleeping time (hr)
less 7	28 (19.3%)	99 (68.3%)	18 (12.4%)	145 (100.0%)
7–8	11 (12.2%)	60 (66.7%)	19 (21.1%)	90 (100.0%)	.312
more 8	2 (18.2%)	8 (72.7%)	1 (9.1%)	11 (100.0%)

Self assessment
healthy	2 (5.3%)	19 (50.0%)	17 (44.7%)	38 (100.0%)	<.001
intermediate	26 (15.3%)	124 (72.9%)	20 (11.8%)	170 (100.0%)
unhealthy	13 (34.2%)	24 (63.2%)	1 (2.6%)	38 (100.0%)

Career period (yr)	6.34±4.66^ab	8.14±6.74^b	5.63±4.20^a	7.46±6.17	.034

Shiftwork
Yes	38 (19.3%)	130 (66.0%)	29 (14.7%)	197 (100.0%)	.084
No	3 (6.1%)	37 (75.5%)	9 (18.4%)	49 (100.0%)

Duty post
Ward	32 (18.7%)	111 (64.9%)	28 (16.4%)	171 (100.0%)	.293
Others	9 (12.0%)	56 (74.7%)	10 (13.3%)	75 (100.0%)

Work satisfaction
Yes	13 (9.2%)	98 (69.5%)	30 (21.3%)	141 (100.0%)	<.001
No	28 (26.7%)	70 (65.7%)	7 (7.6%)	105 (100.0%)

All values are given as means±standard deviation or number.

N, number, ;

^a ^b ^c, duncan grouping.

Table 2.

Psychosocial and Job Stress Scores with Life and Job according to Health Status

	Health status				p-value
	Unhealthy (N=41)	Intermediate (N=167)	Healthy (N=38)	Total (N=246)	p-value
Psychosicial stress score	50.32±5.46	49.97±4.92	49.10±4.64	49.89±4.97	.525
Job stress score	60.59±6.19	59.89±4.44	60.50±5.46	60.10±4.92	.625

All values are given as means±standard deviation. N, number.

Table 3.

Correlation between Total Health Status Score and Partial Health Status Score, Psychosocial and Job Stress Scores

	Total HSS	Physical HSS	Mental HSS	Spiritual HSS	Social HSS	Psycosocial SS	Job SS
Total HSS		.818**	.884**	.747**	.827**	−.075	−.018
Physical HSS	.818**		.640**	.444**	.454**	.062	.044
Mental HSS	.884**	.640**		.587**	.639**	−.077	−.068
Spiritual HSS	.747**	.444**	.587**		.690**	−.164*	−.039
Social HSS	.827**	.454**	.639**	.690**		−.146*	−.016
Psycosocial SS	−.075	.062	−.077	−.164*	−.146*		.356**
Job SS	−.018	.044	−.068	−.039	−.016	.356**

All values are given as correlation coefficient. HSS, Health status score; SS, Stress score;

^**

, p<.01;

, p<.05;