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- Title
The Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders and Its Related Factors in the Zanjan Lead and Zinc Company in Year 2018.
- Authors
Shabani, Mina
- Abstract
Introduction: Due to the high prevalence of psychiatric disorders in various human societies, high rate of occupational and personal disruption, subsequent occupational, pharmaceutical and psychological and maintenance costs in the care centers, it is quite necessary to identify potential cases prior to destruction of the person's performance through primary and secondary prevention programs and screening; thus, the present study is conducted to is identify the frequency of cases for subsequent interventional planning. Methods: 347 employees working in Zanjan Lead and Zinc Company were selected randomly and categorized according to the volume of each manufacturing and administrative unit in the whole society. Initially, the Demographic Information Questionnaire and the SCL-90-R test were performed for all participants in the study; if SCL-90-R score of a subject turned out to be higher than the diagnostic cut, for them, DSM-IV clinical interview was conducted for them by a clinical psychiatric assistant. A semi-structured diagnostic test was used to control the degree of diagnostic bias and the effect of the interviewer. After completing the sampling, the collected data was analyzed by SPSS 23. Results: 96% of subjects were male and 4% were female in the present study. On the other hand, 28% were between 20 to 30 years old, 45.5% were between 31 to 40 years old, 16.7% were between 41 to 50 years old and 0.9% between 51 and 60 years old. In this statistical society, 9.8% did not have job satisfaction, 28.8% had low job satisfaction, 47% had moderate and 14.4% had high job satisfaction. 8% had a history of mental disorders. Among studied subjects, 50.5% of Zanjan lead and zinc company employees healthy in terms of GSI mental disorders and the other 50% were suspected of mental disorders, 36% of whom turned out to have mild, 12.1% moderate and 1.4% severe mental disorders. The most common disorder was paranoid thoughts, and the least was physical complaints. The prediction of the general severity index of GSI psychiatric disorders based on the level of exposure to heavy metals was not significant at P <0.05, indicating that the level of exposure to heavy metals is not related to the overall severity of psychiatric disorders and the prevalence of psychiatric disorders. Conclusion and recommendations: According to the results, there was no significant relationship between the level of exposure to heavy metals and the severity of GSI psychiatric disorders as well as psychiatric disorders. The best predictor of GSI in employees of Zanjan Lead Company is job satisfaction; income and marriage are the second and third predicting factors. Also, the results of correlation coefficients show that age and number of children, employment history, income, job satisfaction and wife's job have negative and reverse relationship with general GSI psychiatric disorders (P <0.05), meaning that with increasing age, number of children, employment record, income and satisfaction from work, the overall severity of psychiatric disorders is decreased and vice versa. Therefore, the following recommendations seem to be practical: 1. Psychological screening of people working in hard conditions every six months or once a year 2. Surveying the serum level of people working in mines in terms of heavy metals and its relation with behavioral disorders 3. Necessary presence of work place medication in areas where physical and psychological hazards are only threatening factors for individuals.
- Subjects
MENTAL illness; JOB satisfaction; ZINC; HEAVY metals; PERINATAL mood &; anxiety disorders
- Publication
Iranian Journal of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences / Progress in Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, 2018, p170
- ISSN
1735-8639
- Publication type
Article