Mental health status and quality of life among Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand
| Autor: | Wongsa Laohasiriwong, Pall Chamroen, Rebecca S. Dewey, Sim Samphors, Thiwakorn Rachutorn, Vong Pisey |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
General Immunology and Microbiology Descriptive statistics business.industry Perceived Stress Scale General Medicine Odds ratio 030210 environmental & occupational health Mental health General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life Cronbach's alpha Environmental health Scale (social sciences) Epidemiology Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine General Pharmacology Toxicology and Pharmaceutics business |
| Zdroj: | F1000Research. 9:1138 |
| ISSN: | 2046-1402 |
| DOI: | 10.12688/f1000research.25419.2 |
| Popis: | Background: Migrant workers have become a major issue for Thailand. Most of the migrants are from Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos. Most are employed in jobs referred to as the “3 Ds”; difficult, dangerous and dirty. However, little is known concerning the living and working conditions, or health-related quality of life of these migrant workers. This study aims to determine factors influencing the quality of life of Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 1,211 Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand, using multistage random sampling from eight districts of the two provinces (Sa Kaeo and Surin) with a structured questionnaire interview. The WHOQOL-BREF was used to measure Quality of Life (QOL) with Cronbach’s alpha of 0.77. Mental health status was assessed using the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression (CES-D) scale with Cronbach’s alpha of 0.83. Descriptive statistics provide participant characteristics. Multilevel logistic regression (MLR) were used to determine which factors significantly impacted the outcome measures in terms of the adjusted odds ratio (AOR). P Results: About one third of these migrant workers had a poor quality of life (34.52%; 95%CI: 31.84-37.20), and had moderate-to-high levels of stress (67.96%; 95%CI: 65.33-70.59), and symptoms of depression (69.69%; 95%CI: 67.10-72.29). After controlling other covariate factors, the factors associated with poor QOL were a high level perceived of stress (AOR=3.64; 95%CI: 2.41-5.49; p Conclusion: Stress was strongly associated with QOL. The living environment was found to be the next most influential factor on QOL. Mental health programs aimed at helping migrant workers to cope with stress and to improve their living conditions will help improve QOL in the target group. |
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