• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.57-65
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• 2021

Background: The objective of this study was to elucidate the relationships musculoskeletal pains with combined vulnerability in terms of age, gender, and employment status Methods: The fifth European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) in 2010 (43,816 participants aged 15 years and over) analyzed for European employees and the third Korean Working Conditions Survey (KWCS) in 2011 (50,032 participants aged 15 years and older) analyzed for Korean employees. In this study, three well known vulnerable factors to musculoskeletal pains (older age, female gender, and precarious employment status) were combined and defined as combined vulnerability. Associations of musculoskeletal pains with combined vulnerability were assessed with prevalence ratios (PRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) estimated by Poisson regression models with robust estimates of variance. Results: The prevalences of musculoskeletal pains were lower but the absolute and relative differences between combined vulnerabilities were higher among Korean employees compared with the European employees. Furthermore, the increased risk of having musculoskeletal pains according to combined vulnerability was modestly explained by socioeconomic factors and exposure to ergonomic risk factors, especially in Republic of Korea. Conclusions: The results of this study showed that the labor market may be more unfavorable for female and elderly workers in Republic of Korea. Any prevention strategies to ward off musculoskeletal pains, therefore, should be found and implemented to mitigate or buffer against the most vulnerable work population, older, female, and precarious employment status, in Republic of Korea.

• 복식문화연구
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.1-12
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• 1998

The research was done against female workers in public officers to find out the actual conditions and usage of uniforms worn in government and other public offices, to find out the degree of their satisfaction for it's appearance, costs, functions and representation. The research was done by questioning 402 female workers about their uniforms in various government and other public offices and the results analysed from the research are as it follows below. 1. The shape of uniforms in public offices were mostly in three piece(jacket+vest+skirt) shape, many of them in gray color and the material were made of blended fabrics. 2. The satisfactory garde of the uniform couldn't even reach the level of '3 point', in which it is easy to tell that the workers had low satisfaction with their uniforms. The level of satisfaction in it's appearance, functions, costs and representation were below average, the rankings starting with functions, representation, appearance, costs and it was shown that the most satisfied category was in it's functions and the lest in costs.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.375-388
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• 2020

본 연구는 제5차 근로환경조사 자료(2017)를 사용하여, 여성 근로자의 건강 상태와 그 잠재적 영향 요인들간의 관계를 분석하였다. 본 연구의 목적은 여성 사무직 근로자들의 건강 상태에, 직장 관련 요인과 가정 관련 요인이 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 규명하는 것이다. 이를 위해 사무직에 근로하는 여성 근로자 3,115명의 데이터를 활용하여 로지스틱 회귀분석을 시행하였다. 로지스틱 회귀분석 결과, 여성 근로자의 건강상태에는 근로자의 연령, 근로자의 고용상태, 근무환경에 대한 전반적인 만족도, 직장 동료의 성별 비율, 경제적 부담 정도, 육아에 부담 정도, 가사에 대한 부담 정도가 유의미한 영향력을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 분석결과에 근거하여, 본 연구에서는 관련된 몇 가지의 정책적 그리고 학문적 함의를 제시하였다. 현재 여성의 경제활동 참여가 눈에 띄게 활발해지면서, 여성 근로자의 수는 시간이 갈수록 점점 더 증가하고 있는 상황이다. 조직내 여성 근로자들에 대한 건강 상태가 개선된다면, 조직의 생산성 또한 향상되어질 수 있을 것이다. 따라서, 여성 근로자들에 대한 적절한 건강 관리는 조직 자원에서 필수적으로 이루어져야 할 필요가 있다. 더불어, 여성 근로자들의 건강 증진을 위한 실질적인 정책적 방안 또한 모색되어야 할 필요성이 있다.

• 한국농촌간호학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.25-32
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• 2010

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to provide a fundamental data for improving nurses' working environment and securing quality of nursing care. Method: It was consisted of analyzing education system and employment status of nursing personnel, and focus group interviews in Cheju Island. Results: Total graduates were 4,139 by 2006 from two nursing schools in Cheju. Difficulties in working conditions from focal group interviews were classified into four categories; Lack of anonymity of nurses, the burden from performing nontraditional nursing roles due to shortage of physicians, irregularity of working schedule and too many night shifts for taking care of female colleague's condition related with pregnancy, and poor support for implementing and developing professional nursing. Conclusion: A survey revealing working condition of nursing personnel of all health care institutions in Cheju Island will provide the comparison between Cheju Island and other areas. It needs to cultivate the public opinion about the importance of quality of nursing care proceeded by the broad support for improving nurses' working environment. It is essential to support continuing education to bring professional nurses and establishing the system to utilize them to overcome the shortage of physicians in Cheju Island.

• 융합정보논문지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.219-234
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• 2020

한국은 고령화에 따라 지역사회를 중심으로 보건의료 전문직 여성이 지속해서 증가할 것으로 예상된다. 이에 본 연구는 지역사회 보건의료 전문직 여성의 직무 스트레스로 인한 고통 체험 현상의 본질을 파악하여 구조화하고, 이를 통해 보건의료 전문직 여성의 직무 수행을 지지하는 기초자료를 제공하고자 한다. Parse의 인간되어감 질적 연구의 수행을 위해 지역사회에 종사하는 보건의료 전문직 여성 9명을 선정하였다. 연구자는 너와 나의 관계 형성 이후 진솔한 대화를 통해 참여자의 고통 체험 현상을 녹음하였다. 참여자의 구술은 추출-종합, 발견적 해석 과정을 통해 인간되어감 이론의 구조로 전환하고, 개념적 해석을 통해 체험의 구조를 구체화하였다. 그 결과 보건의료 전문직 여성 참여자는 열악한 근무 여건으로 직무 스트레스를 경험하고, 직장과 가정의 역할 갈등으로 고통 받지만 변화에 대한 기대감으로 능력 및 소통 강화를 통해 현실을 극복하려 노력하는 과정이다. 본 연구의 결과로 볼 때 보건 의료 전문직 여성의 근무 여건 개선을 통해 이들이 안정적으로 근무할 수 있는 국가 차원의 복지 정책이 시행되어야 한다.

• Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
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• 제34권
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• pp.13.1-13.11
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• 2022

Background: Work is an inseparable element of a person's life, and violence in the workplace has various effects on individual workers and companies. While most studies have focused on specific industries, very few studies have investigated the influence of workplace violence by co-workers. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the association between workplace violence and work-related depression/anxiety in various occupations by differentiating the perpetrators of violence as co-workers and clients. Methods: This study was conducted based on data from the 4th and 5th Korean Working Conditions Surveys (KWCS). The experience of workplace violence was classified in terms of the perpetrator: workplace violence by co-workers and that by clients. Work-related depression and anxiety were assessed using questions about health problems related to depression and anxiety and whether the problems were related to work. Descriptive statistics, χ² tests, and multiple logistic regression analyses were performed using the SPSS 26.0. Results: After adjusting for sociodemographic characteristics (age, education, income, subjective health status) and occupational characteristics (occupation, weekly working hours, type of employment, size of workplace, and shift work), male workers with experience of workplace violence by co-workers were found to be at a higher risk of work-related depression/anxiety (odds ratio [OR], 11.52; 95% confidence interval [CI], 8.65-15.36). The same was confirmed for female workers (OR, 10.89; 95% CI, 7.90-15.02). Conclusions: Employees who experienced workplace violence from co-workers were found to be more vulnerable to work-related depression/anxiety. Continuous contact between the victim and the perpetrator may occur, and the possibility of a secondary assault can frighten the victim. Appropriate prevention and intervention measures that focus on the perpetrators of violence are needed.

• 산업공학
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.288-296
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• 2005

Many jobs and activities in our daily lives require squatting postures. The fore part includes housekeepers, farmers, and welders and the latter includes a wide variety of activities such as housekeeping; planting, cultivating and harvesting various agricultural products; grinding, welding, etc. It is speculated that prolonged squatting postures without any supporting stool would gradually cause musculoskeletal injuries to workers. This study is conducted to examine the proper height of stools according to the position of the working materials and to develop wearable stools for workers with squatting posture. Forty male and female subjects participated in the experiment to find the proper height of stools according to the position of the working materials. Subjects were asked to squat and work with 3 different working positions: floor level; ankle level; shank level of 3 different stool height conditions: 10cm height; 15cm height; and 20cm height. After 5 minutes of maintaining a squatting work posture while sitting on the different height stools, Likert summated rating method as well as pairwise ranking test was applied to evaluate the user preferences for provided stools under the conditions of different working positions. The results of statistical analysis show that the subjects preferred 10cm height stool for floor level, 15cm height stool for ankle level, 20cm height stool for knee level. We thus strongly recommend to use appropriate height stools in accordance with the different working positions. Moreover, a prototype wearable stool was designed such that workers with squatting posture do not need to move the stool while they are moving about. The purpose of developing wearable stool was to decrease the physical stress and hence promote worker's health who work with squatting posture.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.536-546
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• 2014

Objectives: The major objective of this paper is compare the exposure work hours and experieence of ill health symptoms among under and over employment and matched group. Workers with over employment have more exposed to hazards than that with under employment because that workers with over employment work more than those with ender employment. Methods: This study as heuristics one used the third Korean Working Conditions Survey done by Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute in 2011. The sample size is 50,023 economic active persons. Over and under employment were measured by matching method of preferred and actual work hours. The exposed work hours to hazards were measured according to 13 hazardous factors and the experience of ill health symptoms were scaled by the number of experienced 14 ill health symptoms. To compare the exposure and the symptoms experience were compared by mean difference test with F test. Results: The proportion of over employment in male employees is 32.1% and that in female employees is 29.3% and under employment rate is 11.2% in mae and 13.9% in female employees. There is significant difference of the rate of over and under emplyment among age groups, industrial sectors, occupational groups and the state of employment. The difference of the exposed work hours to hazards among under, over and matched group were statistically significant in all hazards by gender. The exposed work hours to hazards in over employment were more than those in under employment. The number of experienced symptoms in over employment is statistically significantly more than that in under employment. Conclusions: Workers with over employment may be vulnerable group in the criteria of hazard exposure and health status. The results have some implications and limitations because that this study is heuristic one. The mismatch of preferred and actual working hours may be unfavorable work condition that has impact on safety and health of workers. The impact mechanism may be investigated as future study, Because that this study used cross sectional survey data, some causal relationships cannot be evaluated.

• 생물정신의학
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.46-55
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• 2022

Objectives Many studies have reported noticeable increases in the proportion of employees working either relatively short or relatively long hours. Such trends have been accompanied by an increasing concern that how much subjective mental well-being of employees would be influenced by their hours of work. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between work hours and clinically relevant depressive symptoms with demographic variables adjusted. Methods Participants were employees of a total of 56 private companies and local government organizations in Korea, aged 19 to 65 years. A self-report questionnaire that included items on working hour, job stress, levels of depression, and socio-demographic factors was administered to 15360 Korean employees, with 14477 valid responses. Hierarchical linear regression analyses, adjusted for sociodemographic factors, job related demographic factors, job stress, were used additionally to estimate the association between working hours and depressive scores. Results We found that working more than 40 hours per week correlated positively with the level of depressive symptoms after adjusting for demographic variables and the level of job stress. Furthermore, working 40 or fewer hours per week correlated negatively with the level of depressive symptoms. Being younger (β = -0.078, β = -0.099), being a female (β = 2.770, β = 1.268), and possessing a lower level of education (β = -0.315, β = -1.125) were significantly associated with higher level of depressive symptoms in all respondents. Conclusions Both of working excessively long or short hours is significantly associated with the prevalence of depressive symptoms. Establishing proper office hours for employees is critical to improving the quality of working conditions and maintaining good mental health in the workplace.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.53-57
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• 2019

오늘날 여군들은 군 특성상 복무기간 중, 훈련, 당직근무, 잦은 야근과 이사 등의 직업적 환경과 가족구성에서 발생하는 자녀 양육문제 등 수많은 고충을 감내하며, 극심한 스트레스를 호소하고 있다. 또한 여군들은 군대의 고유한 임무와 끊임없는 훈련의 반복 및 잦은 야간근무로 인한 고충은 지속 심화되어가고 있는 현상이다. 이러한 이유에서 자녀 보육을 담당해야 할 여군의 막중한 책임과 스트레스는 극에 달하고 있다. 따라서 본 연구는 육아기간 여군의 복무여건을 보장하고, 양육문제를 개선하기 위한 제도적 방안을 연구할 필요성이 있다.