Open AccessThe Relationship between Coping with Stress and Employment in Patients Receiving Maintenance Hemodialysis
Author(s) -
Takaki Jiro,
Yano Eiji
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of occupational health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 59
ISSN - 1348-9585
DOI - 10.1539/joh.48.276
Subject(s) - medicine , marital status , odds ratio , coping (psychology) , confounding , anxiety , hemodialysis , logistic regression , confidence interval , social support , depression (economics) , clinical psychology , demography , gerontology , psychiatry , psychology , environmental health , population , sociology , economics , psychotherapist , macroeconomics
The Relationship Between Coping with Stress and Employment in Patients Receiving Maintenance Hemodialysis: Jiro Takaki, et al. Department of Hygiene & Public Health, Teikyo University School of Medicine —The goal of this study was to assess the relationship between emotion‐ and task‐oriented coping (EOC/TOC) with stress and employment in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis. Individuals aged 18 to 64 yr who had uremia and had been undergoing hemodialysis regularly for at least three months were evaluated according to sociodemographic and clinical factors. Work status was defined using the most recent International Labour Organization definitions. Patients were requested to complete the following questionnaires: the Japanese version of the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations, the Short Form‐36 Health Survey, an item on itchiness, the Self‐Efficacy on Health‐Related Behavior Scale, the Japanese version of the Health Locus of Control Scale, the Social Support Scale, and the Japanese version of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. A total of 317 individuals participated in this study. Among men, age, physical functioning, EOC, and depression differed significantly (p<0.05) depending on employment. Among women, marital status, household composition, EOC, depression, and anxiety differed significantly (p<0.05) depending on employment. TOC was not significantly associated with employment in either sex. Multiple logistic regression analyses, including possible confounders, indicated that when EOC increased by 10 points, the associated adjusted odds ratio of an unemployed or economically inactive status changed by 1.48 (95% confidence interval, 1.04–2.11; p=0.030) in men and by 1.88 (95% confidence interval, 1.02– 3.46; p=0.042) in women. These results suggest that EOC is associated with employment in patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis.