Mental wellbeing among Hispanic female domestic cleaners
Mental wellbeing among Hispanic female domestic cleaners
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DOI：
10.1186/s13690-020-0390-9
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发表时间：
2020-02-20
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Whitworth, Kristina W.
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作者：
Ish, Jennifer;de Porras, David Gimeno Ruiz;Whitworth, Kristina W.
背景 本研究的目的是调查德克萨斯州圣安东尼奥市个体经营的西班牙裔女性家庭清洁工的心理健康状况。方法 我们进行了一项横断面试点研究，并向 56 名参与者发放了一份简短的调查问卷。使用世界卫生组织幸福指数（WHO-5）评估心理健康。我们计算了心理健康状况不佳的年龄调整患病率，包括总体情况和按社会经济、邻里和健康特征分层的情况。结果 几乎一半的参与者 (47.3%) 筛查出心理健康状况不佳，平均 WHO-5 得分为 68.9 [标准误差 (SE) = 3.1]。我们观察到，高中以下学历（56.0%）、每周工作时间少于 30 小时（57.0%）以及有时或总是对清洁工作感到不安全（69.1%）的参与者心理健康状况不佳的比例很高。结论 女性家庭清洁工，特别是那些在非正规部门工作的女性，是一个负担过重且未被充分研究的群体。对于他们的心理健康来说尤其如此，在一般清洁工人的流行病学研究中，心理健康在很大程度上被认为是事后的想法。我们的研究结果表明，这群家庭清洁工在工作场所内外都面临着多种社会心理压力，并且可能存在心理健康状况不佳的高风险。
Background The purpose of this study was to examine the mental wellbeing of self-employed, Hispanic female domestic cleaners in San Antonio, Texas. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional pilot study and administered a short questionnaire to 56 participants. Mental wellbeing was assessed using The World Health Organization Well-Being Index (WHO-5). We calculated the age-adjusted prevalence of poor mental wellbeing, both overall and stratified by socioeconomic, neighborhood, and health characteristics. Results Almost half of the participants screened positive for poor mental wellbeing (47.3%) with a mean WHO-5 score of 68.9 [standard error (SE) = 3.1]. We observed a high prevalence of poor mental wellbeing among participants with less than a high school education (56.0%), who worked less than 30 h per week (57.0%) and who sometimes or always felt unsafe at her cleaning job (69.1%). Conclusions Female domestic cleaners, particularly those who work in the informal sector, are an overburdened and understudied population. This is particularly true regarding their mental wellbeing, which has largely been considered as an afterthought in epidemiologic studies of cleaning workers in general. Our results suggest that this group of domestic cleaners faces several psychosocial stressors, both in and outside of the workplace, and may have a high risk of poor mental health outcomes.