Effects of occupational hazards and occupational stress on job burn-out of factory workers and miners in Urumqi: a propensity score-matched cross-sectional study

OBJECTIVE: This study was designed to explore the impact of occupational hazards and occupational stress on job burn-out among factory workers and miners.

This study also aimed to provide a scientific basis for the prevention and control of job burn-out among factory workers and miners.

DESIGN: A cross-sectional study based on the factory Workers and Miners of Urumqi, Xinjiang.

Demographic biases, that is, confounding factors, were eliminated by the propensity score-matched analysis method.

PARTICIPANTS: An electronic questionnaire was used to survey 7500 eligible factory workers and miners in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, and 7315 complete questionnaires were returned.

PRIMARY OUTCOME MEASURES: A general demographic questionnaire, the Effort–Reward Imbalance (ERI) and the Chinese Maslach Burnout Inventory.

RESULTS: The total rate of burn-out was 86.5%.

Noise (OR 1.34, 95% CI 1.09 to 1.64) and ERI (OR 2.16, 95% CI 1.78 to 2.61) were the risk factors for job burn-out among factory workers and miners (p<0.001).

CONCLUSION: The job burn-out rate of factory workers and miners was high, and the noise and occupational stress factors among occupational hazard factors will affect the likelihood of job burn-out of factory workers and miners.

We should control the impact of occupational hazards on factory workers and miners and reduce occupational stress to alleviate workers’ job burn-out.