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. 2022 Mar 8;19(6):3197.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph19063197.

Work-Related Stress, Health Status, and Status of Health Apps Use in Korean Adult Workers

Won Ju Hwang  1 , Minjeong Kim  2
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Work-Related Stress, Health Status, and Status of Health Apps Use in Korean Adult Workers

Won Ju Hwang et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

Although health apps have been developed and utilized in many countries, there is no baseline study about what percentage of Korean workers use these types of health apps. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to describe the work-related stress, health status, and utilization of health apps of Korean adult workers. This descriptive study included 95 adults in South Korea. Demographic variables, work-related stress, health status, and utilization of health apps were obtained using an online self-reported survey. Descriptive analyses were used to explore prevalence of each variable. This study found that almost 65% of the participants fell into the higher work-related stress group. About 41.6% of the participants in this sample evaluated their general health status as fair to poor with 26.8% being overweight to obese and 11.6% having hypertension. However, only about 33.7% of the sample have used health apps. Therefore, utilization of health apps as health and stress management tools should be encouraged at a public health level.

Keywords: Koreans; mobile applications; occupational stress.

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