TY - JOUR
T1 - Cooking methods and depressive symptoms are joint risk factors for fatigue among migrant Indonesian women working domestically in Taiwan
AU - Palupi, Khairizka Citra
AU - Shih, Chun Kuang
AU - Chang, Jung Su
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Background and Objectives: Fatigue is a critical occupational health risk among migrant workers. Globally, more than half of migrant workers are women. However, the prevalence rate and risk factors for fatigue in domestically em-ployed migrant women are unknown. Methods and Study Design: In total, 194 Indonesian women migrants aged 20-50 years who were working in Taipei were studied. Self-perceived acculturation, dietary acculturation, BMI and hae-moglobin were evaluated. Fatigue and depressive symptoms were assessed using the Brief Fatigue Inventory and Beck Depression Inventory-II, respectively. Results: The prevalence of fatigue was 27.8%. Depressive symptoms (p < 0.0001), cooking methods (p=0.027), and self-perceived feelings of sadness and weakness (p=0.003) were associat-ed with fatigue. After adjustment for covariates, the ORs for depressive symptoms (OR: 5.40; 95% CI: 2.32-12.6), deep frying/stir frying (OR: 5.23; 95% CI: 1.27-21.5), and self-perceived feelings of sadness and weakness (OR: 3.41; 95% CI: 1.26-9.25) remained significant. An interactive analysis revealed that women without depressive symptoms who used deep frying/stir frying as a cooking method had a 3.5-fold (1-12.3) higher risk of fatigue than did those who used non-deep frying and stir frying as cooking methods (which served as the reference) for cooking. By contrast, women with depressive symptoms who used non-deep frying and stir frying had a 6.5-fold (2.8-15.3) higher risk of fa-tigue, and the risk increased sharply to 12.6-fold (1.26-125.8) if they used deep frying and stir frying for cooking. Conclusions: The risk of fatigue among migrant women working domestically is increased when they exhibit depres-sive symptoms and their cooking technique is frying.
AB - Background and Objectives: Fatigue is a critical occupational health risk among migrant workers. Globally, more than half of migrant workers are women. However, the prevalence rate and risk factors for fatigue in domestically em-ployed migrant women are unknown. Methods and Study Design: In total, 194 Indonesian women migrants aged 20-50 years who were working in Taipei were studied. Self-perceived acculturation, dietary acculturation, BMI and hae-moglobin were evaluated. Fatigue and depressive symptoms were assessed using the Brief Fatigue Inventory and Beck Depression Inventory-II, respectively. Results: The prevalence of fatigue was 27.8%. Depressive symptoms (p < 0.0001), cooking methods (p=0.027), and self-perceived feelings of sadness and weakness (p=0.003) were associat-ed with fatigue. After adjustment for covariates, the ORs for depressive symptoms (OR: 5.40; 95% CI: 2.32-12.6), deep frying/stir frying (OR: 5.23; 95% CI: 1.27-21.5), and self-perceived feelings of sadness and weakness (OR: 3.41; 95% CI: 1.26-9.25) remained significant. An interactive analysis revealed that women without depressive symptoms who used deep frying/stir frying as a cooking method had a 3.5-fold (1-12.3) higher risk of fatigue than did those who used non-deep frying and stir frying as cooking methods (which served as the reference) for cooking. By contrast, women with depressive symptoms who used non-deep frying and stir frying had a 6.5-fold (2.8-15.3) higher risk of fa-tigue, and the risk increased sharply to 12.6-fold (1.26-125.8) if they used deep frying and stir frying for cooking. Conclusions: The risk of fatigue among migrant women working domestically is increased when they exhibit depres-sive symptoms and their cooking technique is frying.
KW - Cooking methods
KW - Deep frying/stir frying
KW - Depressive symptoms
KW - Domestic migrant women
KW - Fatigue
KW - Taiwan
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U2 - 10.6133/apjcn.062017.s3
DO - 10.6133/apjcn.062017.s3
M3 - Article
C2 - 28625039
AN - SCOPUS:85020874814
SN - 0964-7058
VL - 26
SP - S61-S67
JO - Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition
JF - Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition
ER -