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Emotional Labor Factors Affecting Depressive Mood in Occupational Therapists

  • Korean Journal of Occupational Therapy
  • Abbr : Korean J of Occup Ther
  • 2018, 26(4), pp.1-11
  • DOI : 10.14519/jksot.2018.26.4.01
  • Publisher : Korean Society Of Occupational Therapy
  • Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Working Therapeutics
  • Received : January 29, 2018
  • Accepted : November 27, 2018
  • Published : December 30, 2018

Oh, Seo-Yeon 1 Jung-Wan Koo 2

1관악구장애인종합복지관
2가톨릭대학교

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ABSTRACT

Objective : This study was conducted to determine the emotional labor of occupational therapists and the level oftheir feelings of depression and to examine the impact of their emotional labor on their depressive mood. Methods : Subjects of this study were clinical occupational therapists working at hospitals and clinics in Seoul andGyeonggi regions. The factors of emotional labor were set as independent variables, the general characteristicvariable and job characteristic variable which showed significant results in the chi-square test was set as theadjusted variable and whether the depression happens or not was set as the dependent variable, after which amultivariate logistic regression analysis was conducted. Results : Components of emotional labor, including frequency of emotional display(OR 1.699, 95% CI 1.202-2.401),attentiveness to required display rules(OR 1.436, 95% CI 1.070-1.982), and emotional dissonance(OR 1.866, 95%CI 1.336-2.607) all had a significant effect on depression. The possibility of depression was significantly higherin women than men(OR 5.736, 95% CI 1.746-18.846), those working for more than 8 hours per day than lessthan 8 hours per day(OR 8.609, 95% CI 2.306-32.137), and those working with children than those working withadults(OR 4.249, 95% CI 1.668-10.824). Conclusion : This study revealed that the emotional labor that occupational therapists are exposed to whileinteracting with patients and their caregivers exerts an influence on their feelings of depression. This suggests theneed for developing various preventive intervention programs designed to alleviate the depressive symptoms ofoccupational therapists and formulating appropriate policies.

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