Psychological symptom profile of butchers working in slaughterhouse and retail meat packing business: A comparative study [Mezbaha ve et perakende İşletmelerinde çali{dotless}şan kasaplari{dotless}n psikolojik durumlari{dotless}ni{dotless}n karşi{dotless}laşti{dotless}rmali{dotless} olarak araşti{dotless}ri{dotless}lmasi{dotless}]

In this study we aimed to test the hypothesis that butchers have more psychological problems than any other occupation. for this purpose,we applied scl-90-r (symptom check list-90 revised) to 43 butchers working in a slaughterhouse and 39 butchers working in meat processing or packing in supermarkets,and as a control group 82 office workers. in the research,a statistical significance between butchers and the control group in that the global severity index (gsi) scores (p<0.001) was found. in terms of the gsi scores,there was no significant relationship between the slaughter house workers and the supermarket workers at p<0.05. however,there were significant relationships among the somatization,anxiety,anger-hostility,and psychotism (p<0.01). as a result,when comparing the two groups,butchers,especially those who work in slaughterhouses,have higher levels of psychological disorders than the office workers.