Life in company dormitories and a career change are associated with anxiety over lack of privacy among radiation decontamination workers in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

Autor: Yusuke Masuishi, Tomoo Hidaka, Sei Sato, Tomohiro Kumagai, Tetsuhito Fukushima, Takeyasu Kakamu, Shota Endo, Kikuo Koyama, Shinichi Nakano
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
Předmět:
Adult
Male
Company dormitory
Time Factors
Adolescent
Original
Anxiety
03 medical and health sciences
Social support
Young Adult
0302 clinical medicine
Japan
Environmental health
Occupational Exposure
Surveys and Questionnaires
medicine
Fukushima Nuclear Accident
Humans
Binary logistic regression analysis
030212 general & internal medicine
Decontamination
Aged
Residential environment
Chi-Square Distribution
Occupational mental health management
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
Social Support
Rental housing
Housing type
Middle Aged
Radiation Exposure
Mental health
Radiation decontamination
Occupational Diseases
Career Mobility
Cross-Sectional Studies
Logistic Models
Privacy
Nuclear Power Plants
Housing
Residence
medicine.symptom
Lack of privacy
Psychology
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Zdroj: Journal of Occupational Health
ISSN: 1348-9585
1341-9145
Popis: Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to obtain knowledge for improvement of the housing and life among radiation decontamination workers by examining the effect of housing type on anxiety over lack of privacy. Methods: This cross-sectional study comprised 544 male radiation decontamination workers in Fukushima Prefecture who anonymously answered self-administered questionnaires in 2013, including measurement of privacy anxiety, housing type, career change, social support, and sociodemographics. Chi-square tests and binary logistic regression analysis were used to evaluate the associations between these factors and anxiety over lack of privacy. Results: The number of workers who had anxiety over lack of privacy was 93 (17.1%), and the number of workers who were living in owner-occupied housing, rental housing, company dormitories, and hotels was 165 (30.3%), 177 (32.5%), 168 (30.9%), and 34 (6.3%), respectively. The presence of anxiety was significantly associated with housing type (p
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