TY - JOUR
T1 - Urogenital infection symptoms and occupational stress among women working in export production factories in Tianjin, China
AU - Sznajder, Kristin K.
AU - Harlow, Siobán D.
AU - Burgard, Sarah A.
AU - Wang, Yan Rang
AU - Han, Cheng
AU - Liu, Jing
N1 - Funding Information:
The University of Michigan Office for Public Health Practice, th Tianjin Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the 1990 Institute, and the Overseas Young Chinese Forum financially supported this research. We would like to acknowledge the Tianjin Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the following people for their contributions to this research Matthew L. Boulton, Xiexie Wang, Ming Zhang, Jing Liu, Mary E. Gallagher, and Min Zhang. Lastly we would especially like to thank the participants of our study.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Hainan Medical College.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Objective: To assess the prevalence of urogenital infection symptoms and their association with occupational stress among women working in export production factories in China. Methods: Six hundred and thirty-eight women workers in three factories in Tianjin, China were surveyed. Information was collected on women's demographic characteristics, levels of occupational stress, and urogenital infection symptoms. Data were analyzed using multiple logistic regression. Results: Among the 638 women who provided information on urogenital symptoms, 30.9% reported at least one symptom: 27.9% reported abnormal discharge, 2.4% reported genital sores, and 6.3% reported pain with urination. Feeling exhausted was associated with an increased risk for reporting genital sores [OR=1.35 (1.05, 1.73)] and pain with urination [OR=1.21 (1.06, 1.39)], while reporting low job security was significantly associated with reporting at least one symptom of urogenital infection [OR=1.51 (1.03, 2.20)]. Conclusions: Many women working in China's export factories report symptoms of urogenital infection. Occupational stress may be linked to an increased risk for urogenital infection. Focused efforts are needed to improve accessibility to reproductive health services for women working in China's export production factories.
AB - Objective: To assess the prevalence of urogenital infection symptoms and their association with occupational stress among women working in export production factories in China. Methods: Six hundred and thirty-eight women workers in three factories in Tianjin, China were surveyed. Information was collected on women's demographic characteristics, levels of occupational stress, and urogenital infection symptoms. Data were analyzed using multiple logistic regression. Results: Among the 638 women who provided information on urogenital symptoms, 30.9% reported at least one symptom: 27.9% reported abnormal discharge, 2.4% reported genital sores, and 6.3% reported pain with urination. Feeling exhausted was associated with an increased risk for reporting genital sores [OR=1.35 (1.05, 1.73)] and pain with urination [OR=1.21 (1.06, 1.39)], while reporting low job security was significantly associated with reporting at least one symptom of urogenital infection [OR=1.51 (1.03, 2.20)]. Conclusions: Many women working in China's export factories report symptoms of urogenital infection. Occupational stress may be linked to an increased risk for urogenital infection. Focused efforts are needed to improve accessibility to reproductive health services for women working in China's export production factories.
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U2 - 10.1016/S2305-0500(14)60018-X
DO - 10.1016/S2305-0500(14)60018-X
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84929142604
SN - 2305-0500
VL - 3
SP - 142
EP - 149
JO - Asian Pacific Journal of Reproduction
JF - Asian Pacific Journal of Reproduction
IS - 2
ER -