Assessment of seasonal agricultural workers’ mental health

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dc.contributor.authorErsin, Fatma
dc.contributor.authorKAPLAN, VEYSEL
dc.contributor.authorKARTAL, Mert
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-24T18:04:10Z
dc.date.available2025-10-24T18:04:10Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.departmentMalatya Turgut Özal Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractAim: Mental health of the seasonal agricultural workers (SAW) can be negatively affected due to working under hard conditions, being exposed to discrimination from time to time, working in a socially isolated field, and having insufficient social support resources. This study aimed to assess the mental health of the SAW. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted from June to September 2021 in a family health center region in a province located in the southeast of Turkey in which the SAW intensely populated. The study sample consisted of 300 seasonal agricultural work- ers. Data were collected using an introductory form and the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) through face-to-face interviews. The data were analyzed using the Statistical Pack- age for Social Sciences (SPSS) 22.00 program, descriptive statistics (numbers, percentages, means), independent samples t-test, the Mann Whitney-U test, variance analysis, and the Kruskal-Wallis test. Results: The participants’ mean subscale scores were 8.08±6.39 for somatization, 15.81±9.15 for depression, 11.79±8.32 for anxiety, 8.84±5.18 for hostility, and 14.10±8.13 for negative self-concept. Their mean index scores were 1.10±0.58 for the Global Severity Index (GSI), 24.44±11.09 for the Positive Symptom Total (PST), and 2.08-0.53 for the Positive Symptom Distress Index (PSDI). A statistically significant difference was found between anxiety and depression subscales by gender; somatization subscale by marital status, education level, presence of chronic diseases, and duration of employment; and negative self-concept and hostility subscales by presence of chronic diseases (p<0.05). Conclusion: It can be concluded that the SAW had psychopathological tendencies. Therefore, it is critical to periodically assess the mental health of the SAW and to de- velop coping strategies regarding the problems they experience.
dc.identifier.doi10.5455/annalsmedres.2022.08.258
dc.identifier.endpage86
dc.identifier.issn2636-7688
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.startpage80
dc.identifier.trdizinid1162004
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.5455/annalsmedres.2022.08.258
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/1162004
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12899/2690
dc.identifier.volume30
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizin
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofAnnals of Medical Research
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Ulusal Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzTR-Dizin_20251023
dc.subjectSağlık Politikaları ve Hizmetleri
dc.subjectSağlık Bilimleri ve Hizmetleri
dc.subjectPsikoloji
dc.subjectMental health
dc.subjectSeasonal agricultural worker
dc.subjectPsychological symptom
dc.titleAssessment of seasonal agricultural workers’ mental health
dc.typeArticle

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