A study on the relationship between job stress and nicotine dependence in Korean workers

• Published in: Annals of occupational and environmental medicine 2016, 28(2), , pp.1-9
• Main Authors: Son, Seung Rak, Choe, Byeong Moo, Kim, Seong Hwan, Hong, Young Seoub, Kim, Byoung Gwon
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Anxiety; Cigarettes; Employment; Job stress; Marital status; Nicotine; Occupational stress; Questionnaires; Smokers; Smoking cessation; Smoking cessation programs; Surveys; Wages & salaries; Workers; 예방의학
• ISSN: 2052-4374; 2052-4374
• DOI: 10.1186/s40557-016-0113-4

Nicotine dependence and its severity are often determined by individuals' psychosocial factors.This study purposed to analyze how Korean workers' job stress is related with their nicotine dependence according to demographic and occupational characteristics in order to reduce smoking related to job stress and to establish objective indicators to be used in developing adequate smoking cessation strategies. The subjects of this study were 4,639 workers who replied to the questionnaire survey. In addition, 1,948 current smokers were separated from non-smokers and ex-smokers, and the relationship between job stress and nicotine dependence was analyzed with the current smoker group. Nicotine dependence was tested using Fagerström's Test of Nicotine Dependence, and stress was measured using a questionnaire on subjective stress felt by workers in their daily life and the short form of the Korean Occupational Stress Scale. The smoking rate was 54.1 % among men and 2.5 % among women. Nicotine dependence was significantly different according to interpersonal conflict, organization system and lack of reward (p