Predicting factors of mass fainting illness among factory workers
Mass fainting Illness (MFI) has occurred repeatedly for years in factory settings in Cambodia. This study examines factors related to MFI, such as worker ‘characteristics, organizational, psychosocial-work, and non-work factors, among Cambodian-factory workers. A factory-based cross-sectional study...
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| author | Maly Phy Twisuk Pungpeng Chaweewon Boonshuyar Thanu Chartananondh |
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| description | Mass fainting Illness (MFI) has occurred repeatedly for years in factory settings in Cambodia. This study examines factors related to MFI, such as worker ‘characteristics, organizational, psychosocial-work, and non-work factors, among Cambodian-factory workers. A factory-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 740 workers in October 2017 using structured questionnaires. Female workers and workers with longer duration of work had a higher-risk of MFI, but a lower-risk for those working in factory before and those absent due to occupational accident. Organizational determinants, such as workers employed in a shorter fixed-term, and those performing repetitive task and a low-skill work were significantly at a higher-risk of MFI, but a lower-risk for those performing a night/evening shift work. The study also showed that Psychosocial-work complaints, workers with less influence on their choice of co-workers, perceived a high temperature at work, and have little opportunity to work at their best had a lower-risk, but a higher-risk for those who lost jobs and those traveling by bicycles/walking to work. Overall, worker characteristics, organizational determinants, psychosocial-work complaints, and external-work factors were independent predictors explaining 31.8% of the overall-MFI prevalence. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0b60d6125a5f4cc2a090edb854f362e42022-12-21T22:08:34ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Psychology2331-19082020-12-017110.1080/23311908.2020.18498911849891Predicting factors of mass fainting illness among factory workersMaly Phy0Twisuk Pungpeng1Chaweewon Boonshuyar2Thanu Chartananondh3Thammasat UniversityThammasat UniversityThammasat UniversityThammasat University HospitalMass fainting Illness (MFI) has occurred repeatedly for years in factory settings in Cambodia. This study examines factors related to MFI, such as worker ‘characteristics, organizational, psychosocial-work, and non-work factors, among Cambodian-factory workers. A factory-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 740 workers in October 2017 using structured questionnaires. Female workers and workers with longer duration of work had a higher-risk of MFI, but a lower-risk for those working in factory before and those absent due to occupational accident. Organizational determinants, such as workers employed in a shorter fixed-term, and those performing repetitive task and a low-skill work were significantly at a higher-risk of MFI, but a lower-risk for those performing a night/evening shift work. The study also showed that Psychosocial-work complaints, workers with less influence on their choice of co-workers, perceived a high temperature at work, and have little opportunity to work at their best had a lower-risk, but a higher-risk for those who lost jobs and those traveling by bicycles/walking to work. Overall, worker characteristics, organizational determinants, psychosocial-work complaints, and external-work factors were independent predictors explaining 31.8% of the overall-MFI prevalence.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2020.1849891cambodia; factory workersmass fainting illnessorganizational determinantspsychosocial work complaints |
| spellingShingle | Maly Phy Twisuk Pungpeng Chaweewon Boonshuyar Thanu Chartananondh Predicting factors of mass fainting illness among factory workers Cogent Psychology cambodia; factory workers mass fainting illness organizational determinants psychosocial work complaints |
| title | Predicting factors of mass fainting illness among factory workers |
| title_full | Predicting factors of mass fainting illness among factory workers |
| title_fullStr | Predicting factors of mass fainting illness among factory workers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Predicting factors of mass fainting illness among factory workers |
| title_short | Predicting factors of mass fainting illness among factory workers |
| title_sort | predicting factors of mass fainting illness among factory workers |
| topic | cambodia; factory workers mass fainting illness organizational determinants psychosocial work complaints |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2020.1849891 |
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