Citation

Lee DW, Hong YC, Seo HY, Cho SJ, Nam SH, Park CJ, Lee N. J. Occup. Environ. Med. 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (Lee, Hong, Park), Public Health Medical Service, Seoul National University Hospital (Seo), Department of Psychiatry, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul Republic of Korea (Cho), Human Rights Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea (Nam, Lee), Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea (Lee).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/JOM.0000000000001675

PMID

31348427

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate how work-life balance (WLB) corresponds to cognitive functions and which mental health conditions play a mediating role in this association among Korean bus drivers.

METHODS: The cognitive failures questionnaire (CFQ) was administered to 347 bus drivers in Seoul, Korea. The differences in the CFQ and WLB scores were examined by analysis of covariance, and a structural equation model (SEM) was constructed for investigating the mediating role of mental health indices between WLB and CFQ scores.

RESULTS: Compared with the highest subjective work-life balance group, the lowest group had significantly higher CFQ scores. In the SEM, anxiety was a mediating variable between subjective work-life balance and CFQ scores.

CONCLUSION: Work-life balance is associated with cognitive failures among Korean bus drivers, and anxiety was a key mediating mental health indicator.

Language: en