Occupational injury and psychological distress among U.S. workers: The National Health Interview Survey, 2004-2016.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Injuries at work may negatively influence mental health due to lost or reduced working hours and financial burden of treatment. Our objective was to investigate, in U.S. workers (a) the prevalence of serious psychological distress (SPD) by injury status (occupational, non-occupational, and no injury) and injury characteristics, and (b) the association between injury status and SPD.

Methods

Self-reported injuries within the previous three months were collected annually for 225,331 U.S. workers in the National Health Interview Survey (2004-2016). Psychological distress during the past 30 days was assessed using the Kessler 6 (K6) questions with Likert-type scale (0-4, total score range: 0-24). SPD was defined as K6 ≥ 13. Prevalence ratios (PR) from fitted logistic

SUBMITTER: Gu JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7753949 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature