title: Work-related depression and associated factors in a shoe manufacturing factory in Haiphong City, Vietnam.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the prevalence and associated factors of work-related depression among the employees of a shoe manufacturing factory in Haiphong City, Vietnam.
  
  
  METHODS
  We carried out this cross-sectional study among 420 workers in 2012 in Le Lai II Shoe Manufacturing Factory in Haiphong City, Vietnam using Karasek's Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition (DSM IV) tool for measuring depression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The study results show that a relatively high proportion of workers (20.7%) belongs to the high-strain group based on Karasek's model. The prevalence of work-related depression among workers was relatively high (18.8%). The factors associated with depression at work were high psychological demand (adjusted OR = 3.0, 95% CI: 1.1-8.3), low social support (adjusted OR = 4.7, 95% CI: 1.2-12.8), inadequate work protection materials (OR = 4.1, 95% CI: 2.2-10.1) and work absenteeism (OR = 6.2, 95% CI: 2.5-18.9).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Strengthening the social support network (involving supervisors and co-workers), reducing psychological job demand and assuring work protection materials at the workplace may highly facilitate reducing work-related depression.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Public Health, Haiphong University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Haiphong, Vietnam, pmkhue@hpmu.edu.vn.
authors.forename: Khue Pham
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Minh
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D066192:Manufacturing Industry; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016272:Occupational Health; D015995:Prevalence; D012775:Shoes; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology; D014744:Vietnam / Q000453:epidemiology; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult