The comparison of mental health level, distribution of mental signs, perceived health, occupational satisfaction, life satisfaction and sociodemographic characteristics among workers of production and service industries

SUMMARYTHE COMPARISON OF MENTAL HEALTH LEVEL, DISTRIBUTION OF MENTAL SIGNS, PERCEIVED HEALTH, OCCUPATIONAL SATISFACTION, LIFE SATISFACTION AND SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS AMONG WORKERS OF PRODUCTION AND SERVICE INDUSTRIESObjektive: The aims of the thesis are comparing mental health levels, distribution of mental signs, perceived health, occupational satisfaction, life satisfaction and sociodemographic characteristics among workers of production and service industries; cross-sectional determination of the mental health profiles and risk factors.Material and Method: With written permissions of volunteer participants after verbal and wrtitten introduction of the study purpose; sociodemographic data form, General Health Questionnare (GHQ), Life Satisfaction Scale (LSS), Perceived Health Scale (PHS), Occupational Satisfaction Scale(OSS), Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) have been applied.Results: The study is enclosing totally 291 employees, 5.8%(17) women and 94,2%(274) men. The participants consist of 44,7%(130) cleaning workers and 55,3%(161) textile factory workers. The mean age of the sample is 31,78 years. The rate of longer educational period is higher in production industry. While 57% of the service industry workers are elementary school and junior high school graduates, 61% of the production industry workers are high school or above graduates. A comparison between production and service industries about life satisfaction and occupational satisfaction shows significant difference in production industry. There were no significant differences between two workplaces, in all subscales of Brief Symptom Inventory?s scales. In both industries, the mean Positive Symptom Distress Index is over the cut-off point in positive symptom total. The score of GHQ and life satisfaction show a negative correlation. There is negative correlation found between occupational satisfaction and positive symptom total index. The positive symptom total index score is reducing expressively while life satisfaction of the individual is increasing.Conclusion: Our study discloses positive correlation between life satisfaction and occupational satisfaction; life satisfaction increases dependant to the raise of occupational satisfaction. The significative reletion between these two variables shows that occupational satisfaction has an important place in life satisfaction. The BSI?s inconvenience index average is over the cut-off point in general summary and also in both industries averages, which shows the workers have risk level mental indications in terms of psychiatric discomforts. The unemployment fear, the absence of occupational security, the minority of wages which are even under the poverty limit are being thougt as the most important underlying reasons.Key words: Worker, production industry, mental health, mental indicator, perceived helath, occupational satisfaction, life satisfaction, brief symptom inventory.