The Journal of Practical Medicine >

2023 , Vol. 39 >Issue 24: 3267 - 3274

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1006-5725.2023.24.021

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A study on the impact of long working hours on the psychological health of medical personnel in third class hospitals

  • Ningbin QUAN ,
  • Jin WANG ,
  • Yuhao WANG ,
  • Ru JIN ,
  • Daoyu YANG ,
  • Jinbi PENG ,
  • Yicen GU ,
  • Yuhao HAN ,
  • Jingyi LU ,
  • Zhao ZHANG ,
  • Luyao XU ,
  • Shuling HUANG ,
  • Xiaozhou SU ,
  • Xudong. LI
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  • *.School of Public Health，Southern Medical University，Guangzhou 510515，China
    *.Guangdong Province Hospital for Occupational Disease Prevention and Treatment，Guangdong Occupational Health Engineering Technology Research Center，Guangzhou 510300，China

Received date: 2023-06-08

  Online published: 2024-01-10

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Abstract

Objective To understand the characteristics of long-working hours exposure of medical staff， and analyze the impact of long-working hours exposure on mental health problems such as occupational stress， depression， fatigue accumulation， and insomnia. Methods The cluster random sampling method was used to select the medical staff of 12 tertiary general hospitals in Guangdong Province as the research subjects， and the “Core Scale of Occupational Stress Measurement” and other scales were used to evaluate their occupational mental health. Results The average working hours of medical staff per day were（8.99 ± 2.18）h； 2，094 people were exposed during long working hours， accounting for 78.96%. The results of binary logistics regression analysis showed that after excluding the influence of sociodemographic factors such as age， long working hours （weekly working hours greater than 40 h） were the risk factors for occupational stress， depressive symptoms and fatigue accumulation of medical staff （P < 0.01）， and the longer the working week， the higher the risk of occupational stress， depressive symptoms and fatigue accumulation. Weekly working hours greater than 48 hours are risk factors for insomnia （P < 0.01）. Conclusion Long working hours are common among delivery workers on food delivery platforms， and long working hours are a risk factor for occupational tension and fatigue.

Key words： medical staff; working hours; occupational stress; depression

Cite this article

Ningbin QUAN , Jin WANG , Yuhao WANG , Ru JIN , Daoyu YANG , Jinbi PENG , Yicen GU , Yuhao HAN , Jingyi LU , Zhao ZHANG , Luyao XU , Shuling HUANG , Xiaozhou SU , Xudong. LI . A study on the impact of long working hours on the psychological health of medical personnel in third class hospitals[J]. The Journal of Practical Medicine, 2023 , 39(24) : 3267 -3274 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-5725.2023.24.021

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