Donggyo Shin1, Ji Man Kim2, Tinyami Erick Tandi3, Eun-Cheol Park4. 1. NHIC Ilsan Hospital, Ilsan, Korea; School of Medicine, Graduate school of public health, Korea University, Seoul, Korea. 2. Department of Health Business Administration, Woosong University, Daejeon, Korea. 3. School of Medicine, Graduate school of public health, Korea University, Seoul, Korea; Institute for Occupational & Environmental Health, Korea University, Seoul, Korea. 4. Department of Preventive Medicine & Institute of Health Services Research, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. Electronic address: ecpark@yuhs.ac.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study investigates the relationship between change in job status and mortality of newly diagnosed type II diabetes patients by gender. METHODS: Newly onset of individuals diagnosed with type II diabetes in the years 2003 and 2004, had 7 years follow-up using National Health Insurance Corporation (NHIC) sample cohort data. The individuals diagnosed with type II diabetes within this period were 14,861. After adjusting for age, initial income group, insulin treatment and medical service utilization, hazard ratio was analyzed using Cox's proportional hazard model. RESULTS: Mortality hazard ratio of continuously unemployed individuals is 3.78 times higher in males and 9.78 times higher in females than in those who keep their jobs. Also, individuals with a change in job status (e.g. from industrial worker to unemployed or self-employed), the mortality hazard ratio is 2.24 times higher in males and 5.23 times higher in females than in those who keep their jobs. The impact of change in job status change is largest for the middle class males. The middle class males has the higher mortality hazard ratio, 6.14 times in maintain unemployed and 4.12 times in change his job (industrial worker to unemployed or self-employer) than maintain one's job. CONCLUSIONS: The continuous unemployment and the loss of job are related to risk of death in diabetic patients. The impact of unemployed is stronger than job change (loss or change). The impact of job status change is largest for the middle class man.
OBJECTIVE: This study investigates the relationship between change in job status and mortality of newly diagnosed type II diabetespatients by gender. METHODS: Newly onset of individuals diagnosed with type II diabetes in the years 2003 and 2004, had 7 years follow-up using National Health Insurance Corporation (NHIC) sample cohort data. The individuals diagnosed with type II diabetes within this period were 14,861. After adjusting for age, initial income group, insulin treatment and medical service utilization, hazard ratio was analyzed using Cox's proportional hazard model. RESULTS: Mortality hazard ratio of continuously unemployed individuals is 3.78 times higher in males and 9.78 times higher in females than in those who keep their jobs. Also, individuals with a change in job status (e.g. from industrial worker to unemployed or self-employed), the mortality hazard ratio is 2.24 times higher in males and 5.23 times higher in females than in those who keep their jobs. The impact of change in job status change is largest for the middle class males. The middle class males has the higher mortality hazard ratio, 6.14 times in maintain unemployed and 4.12 times in change his job (industrial worker to unemployed or self-employer) than maintain one's job. CONCLUSIONS: The continuous unemployment and the loss of job are related to risk of death in diabeticpatients. The impact of unemployed is stronger than job change (loss or change). The impact of job status change is largest for the middle class man.