Impact of Long Working Hours and Shift Work on Unmet Health Care Need Among Korean Workers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to identify work-related risk factors, including long working hours and night/shift work, for unmet health care need using data of a representative panel of Korean adults.

Methods

Associations between work-related factors and unmet health care need were analyzed using data of 3,440 participants (10,320 observations) from the 2011-2013 Korean Health Panel Study. A generalized estimating equation was used for the analysis of repeated measures.

Results

The prevalence of unmet health care was 16.6%. After adjusting sex, age, socioeconomic status, work characteristics, and working more than 60 hours per week (odds ratio [OR]: 1.43, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.23-1.65) or 50-59 hours per week (OR: 1.26, 95% CI: 1.08-1.46) instead of 40-49 hou

SUBMITTER: Lee HE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9346937 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature