Mental Health Outcomes among Electricians and Plumbers in Ontario, Canada: Analysis of Burnout and Work-Related Factors
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Setting
2.2. Study Design and Participants
2.3. Data Collection
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Demographic Characteristics of the Study Participants
3.2. Importance of Work-Related Factors
3.3. Availability and Satisfaction with the Work-Related Factors in the Current Workplace
3.4. Burnout
3.5. Association between Work-Related Factors and Burnout
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Demographic Variables | |||
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Mean | SD | ||
Age | 47.97 | 15.62 | |
Frequency (n) | Percent (%) | ||
Born and/or raised in Ontario | Yes | 35 | 87.5 |
No | 5 | 12.5 | |
Marital Status | Married/Common-law | 32 | 80.0 |
Single | 6 | 15.0 | |
Divorced | 1 | 2.5 | |
Widowed | 1 | 2.5 | |
Education Level | Completed high school | 11 | 27.5 |
College certificate/diploma | 22 | 55.0 | |
University Undergraduate and graduate | 4 | 10.0 | |
Other | 3 | 7.5 | |
Training obtained in Ontario | Yes | 39 | 97.5 |
No | 1 | 2.5 | |
Primary language | English | 36 | 90.0 |
French | 1 | 2.5 | |
Spanish | 1 | 2.5 | |
Ukrainian | 1 | 2.5 | |
Romanian | 1 | 2.5 | |
Ethnicity | White North American | 29 | 74.3 |
White European | 6 | 15.4 | |
Other | 2 | 5.1 | |
Asian East | 1 | 2.6 | |
Aboriginal | 1 | 2.6 | |
Smoking | Non-smoker | 27 | 67.5 |
smoker | 13 | 32.5 | |
Current employment | Employed in electrical sector | 37 | 92.5 |
Employed in plumbing sector | 2 | 5.0 | |
Employed in non-electrical/plumbing sector | 1 | 2.5 | |
Belong to a Union | No | 37 | 92.5 |
Yes | 3 | 7.5 | |
Average overtime hours per week | None | 21 | 60.0 |
5 h or less | 5 | 14.3 | |
6–10 h | 7 | 20.0 | |
More than 10 h | 2 | 5.7 | |
Intend to stay in current position for the next 5 years * | Yes | 31 | 94.0 |
No | 2 | 6.0 | |
Gross annual income | Less than $80,000 | 13 | 32.5 |
$80,000 or more | 19 | 47.5 | |
Prefer not to answer | 8 | 20.0 |
Type of Burnout | Mean [SD] | Minimum Score | Maximum Score | Median | Moderate Burnout (n) | High Burnout (n) | Severe Burnout (n) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Personal burnout | 33.48 [16.60] | 4.16 | 70.83 | 33.33 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Work-related burnout | 25.63 [13.21] | 7.14 | 67.85 | 21.42 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Colleague-related burnout | 17.56 [16.32] | 0.00 | 54.16 | 16.66 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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Bani-Fatemi, A.; Sanches, M.; Howe, A.S.; Lo, J.; Jaswal, S.; Chattu, V.K.; Nowrouzi-Kia, B. Mental Health Outcomes among Electricians and Plumbers in Ontario, Canada: Analysis of Burnout and Work-Related Factors. Behav. Sci. 2022, 12, 505. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs12120505
Bani-Fatemi A, Sanches M, Howe AS, Lo J, Jaswal S, Chattu VK, Nowrouzi-Kia B. Mental Health Outcomes among Electricians and Plumbers in Ontario, Canada: Analysis of Burnout and Work-Related Factors. Behavioral Sciences. 2022; 12(12):505. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs12120505
Chicago/Turabian StyleBani-Fatemi, Ali, Marcos Sanches, Aaron S. Howe, Joyce Lo, Sharan Jaswal, Vijay Kumar Chattu, and Behdin Nowrouzi-Kia. 2022. "Mental Health Outcomes among Electricians and Plumbers in Ontario, Canada: Analysis of Burnout and Work-Related Factors" Behavioral Sciences 12, no. 12: 505. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs12120505
APA StyleBani-Fatemi, A., Sanches, M., Howe, A. S., Lo, J., Jaswal, S., Chattu, V. K., & Nowrouzi-Kia, B. (2022). Mental Health Outcomes among Electricians and Plumbers in Ontario, Canada: Analysis of Burnout and Work-Related Factors. Behavioral Sciences, 12(12), 505. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs12120505