• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.140-145
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• 2012

Objectives: To understand the personal experiences of mine workers that have experienced job relocation due to silicosis at the Andina Division of Corporaci$\acute{o}$n Nacional del Cobre (CODELCO), Chile. The purpose of the study was to provide useful information for the development of new local, business and public policies for the care of workers with silicosis. Methods: A qualitative study based on a practical case study of 5 workers. The information was collected by means of structured individual interviews. The method of analysis was phenomenology. Results: The corporal axis was the most commented upon. It included awareness of the illness, body pains, fatigue, and antagonistic mood disorders (sadness, or the difficulty in finding meaning in life). As far as personal relationships, there was evidence of strong relationships with family, coworkers and friends, as well as extended family. Over all, the experience of relocation was positive with periods of impatience and uncertainty. The job reassignment provided a new and pleasant context for the relocated workers and in the process improved their perception of their quality of life. Conclusions: A multidisciplinary team should attend mine workers relocated because of silicosis by addressing the mental and physical aspects of their disease, along with the integral participation of close family members. It is suggested that this investigation be maintain over time to record the personal experiences in the medium-term, adding new cases with the intention of shedding more light on the phenomenon being studied. As a preventive measure, continual workshops are needed on the proper use of respiratory protection in addition, a group of monitors is required.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.219-224
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• 2019

Background: Korea has shown a rapid pace of aging and has become an aged society in a shorter period than Western countries. Therefore, it is important that middle-aged workers maintain their ability to work in the industrial field at the maximum level while maintaining their health. The purpose of this study was to analyze the factors affecting work ability and to use this data to maintain the working ability of middle-aged workers in the future. Methods: From 2015 to 2017, we surveyed 371 street cleaners who visited a health center for health promotion in a metropolitan city. The relationship between the general characteristics of the survey subjects and the Work Ability Index (WAI) was confirmed by a univariate analysis. Statistically significant (p<0.2) factors were selected and a multiple linear regression analysis was conducted with WAI scores as a dependent variable. Results: Age, body mass index, body fat percentage, the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Korea (AUDIT-K) scores, the Psychosocial Well-Being Index-Short Form (PWI-SF) scores, maximal oxygen consumption ($VO_{2max}$), and hypertension showed statistically significant correlations with the WAI in the univariate analysis. In the multivariate analysis, the $VO_{2max}$, AUDIT-K scores, and PWI-SF scores were included in the regression equation. $VO_{2max}$ had the greatest effect on the standardization coefficient indicating the relative contribution of independent variables, followed by the AUDIT-K scores and the PWI-SF scores. Conclusion: Programs to increase workers' physical work ability and alleviate psychosocial stress and drinking habits should be developed and implemented in the future.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.454-461
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• 2018

Background: Working conditions and psychosocial work factors have acquired an important role explaining the well-being and performance of professional drivers, including those working in the field of public transport. This study aimed to examine the association between job strain and the operational performance of public transport drivers and to compare the expositions with psychosocial risk at work of three different types of transport workers: taxi drivers, city bus drivers, and interurban bus drivers. Method: A sample of 780 professional drivers was drawn from three transport companies in Bogota (Colombia). The participants answered the Job Content Questionnaire and a set of sociodemographic and driving performance questions, including age, professional driving experience, work schedules, and accidents and penalties suffered in the last 2 years. Results: Analyses showed significant associations between measures of socio-labor variables and key performance indicators such road traffic accidents and penalties. Furthermore, multiple linear regression analysis contributed to explain significantly suffered accidents from key variables of the Job Demand-Control model, essentially from job strain. In addition, throughout post-hoc analyses, significant differences were found in terms of perceived social support, job strain, and job insecurity. Conclusion: Work stress is an issue that compromises the safety of professional drivers. This research provides evidence supporting a significant effect of job strain on the professional driver's performance. Moreover, the statistically significant differences between taxi drivers, city bus drivers, and interurban bus drivers in their expositions to work-related stress suggest the need for tailored occupational safety interventions on each occupational group.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.249-254
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• 2021

Introduction: Workplace violence (WPV) is a major occupational and health hazard for nurses. It affects nurses' physical and psychological well-being and impacts health service delivery. We aimed to assess the prevalence and describe the consequences of WPV experienced by nurses working in an emergency department in Kenya. Methods: We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional study among emergency nurses at one of the largest tertiary hospitals in Kenya. We collected data using a structured questionnaire adapted from the 'WPV in the Health Sector, Country Case Studies Research Instruments' questionnaire. We described the prevalence and effects of WPV using frequencies and percentages. Results: Of the 82 participating nurses, 64.6% were female, 57.3% were married and 65.8% were college-educated (65.8%). Participants' mean age was 33.8 years (standard deviation: 6.8 years, range: 23-55). The overall lifetime prevalence of WPV was 81.7% (n = 67, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 71.6%-88.8%) and the 1-year prevalence was 73.2% (n = 63, 95% CI: 66.3-84.8%). The main WPV included verbal abuse, physical violence, and sexual harassment. Most incidents were perpetrated by patients and their relatives. No action was taken in 50% of the incidents, but 57.1% of physical violence incidents were reported to the hospital security and 28.6% to supervisors. Perpetrators of physical violence were verbally warned (42.9%) and reported to the hospital security (28.6%). Conclusion: Workplace violence is a significant problem affecting emergency nurses in Kenya. Hospitals should promote workplace safety with zero-tolerance to violence. Nurses should be sensitised on WPV to mitigate violence and supported when they experience WPV.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.86-95
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• 2021

Objectives: This study investigated associations between perceptions of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in workers at hospitals designated to treat COVID-19, as well as the difference in the magnitude of these associations by occupational type and previous Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) experience. Methods: The participants were workers at hospitals designated to treat COVID-19 who completed a questionnaire about their perceptions related to COVID-19, work experience during the previous MERS-CoV outbreak, and symptoms of PTSD ascertained by the PTSD Checklist for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Participants' characteristics were compared using the chi-square test. Multivariable logistic regression was performed to evaluate the associations between perceptions and the prevalence of PTSD, stratified by occupational type and previous MERS-CoV experience. Results: Non-medical personnel showed stronger associations with PTSD than medical personnel according to general fear (odds ratio [OR], 6.67; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.92 to 23.20), shortages of supplies (OR, 1.29; 95% CI, 1.07 to 1.56), and issue-specific fear (OR, 1.29; 95% CI, 1.05 to 1.59). Those with prior MERS-CoV quarantine experience were more prone to PTSD than those without such experience in terms of general fear (OR, 1.70; 95% CI, 1.22 to 2.37), shortages of supplies (OR, 1.24; 95% CI, 1.10 to 1.40), and issue-specific fear (OR, 1.21; 95% CI, 1.06 to 1.38). Conclusions: During the COVID-19 pandemic, non-medical personnel tended to have higher odds of being categorized as having PTSD. Workers with prior MERS-CoV experience were more susceptible than those without such experience. These findings suggest the need for timely interventions to manage human resources for a sustainable quarantine system.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.265-272
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• 2023

Objectives: Since the material safety data sheets(MSDS) submission and non-disclosure review system was introduced in January 2021, the implementation status of MSDS for chemical manufacturing and importing workplaces being supervised for the first time. Methods: A supervisory team consisting of two labor inspectors and one from the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency directly visited the selected workplaces to check compliance with the MSDS system as a whole. Results: As a result of supervising 214 chemical substance manufacturing/importing workplaces, a total of 241 violations of the law were found in 121 workplaces, or 57% of them. In response, the Ministry of Employment and Labor took legal action on 8 cases in 6 locations, imposed a fines totaling of 249.69 million won on 120 chemical handling workplaces, and took action to correct the violations immediately. Conclusions: Major violations were in the order of non-request for warning signs, non-submission of MSDS, non-execution of MSDS training, and non-posting of MSDS. This shows the reality that employers who handle chemical substances are sufficiently communicating chemical information to workers. In the future, the government will actively implement preparation and submission support and system guidance for the implementation of the MSDS system, while making efforts to ensure that the MSDS system works well in the field through thorough on-site supervision in the future.

• 한국직업건강간호학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.63-80
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• 2002

Objectives: The objective of this study is to evaluate the job characteristics of container terminal workers by applying the Job Strain model, and to assess the relationship among the general characteristics, job characteristics and psychosocial distress. Methods: A self-administrated questionnaire survey was performed to the container terminal workers in Pusan. Among the 200 male workers who answered the questionnaires, white-collar workers and blue-collar workers were 100, respectively. Karaseks Job Content Questionnaire was utilized to evaluate the job characteristics and Psychosocial well-being index (PWI) was applied to measure the extent of their psychosocial stress. Results: In white-collar workers, the skill discretion, created skill, decision-making authority, decision-making latitude, psychological job demand, and supervisor support of the job characteristics were significantly high, while in blue-collar workers physical exertion was significantly high. The result of Psychosocial well-being index (PWI) reveals that blue-collar workers were more stressed than white-collar workers, especially, the indices of depression (factor 2), sleeping disturbance and anxiety (factor 3), General well-being and vitality (factor 4) were significantly increased; whereas, in white-collar workers, only the index of social performance and self-confidence (factor 1) was significantly increased. And PWI scores were significantly increased in the lower social support and psychological job demand. By the multiple logistic regression analysis for PWI, blue-collar workers had increased odds ratio of 2.66(95% CI;1.11-6.41) compared with white-collar workers. The unmarried workers increased odds ratio of 3.54(95% CI;1.18-10.62) compared with married workers. And workers who have not own house increased odds ratio of 2.35(95% CI;1.15-4.79) compared with workers who have own house. Particularly, odds ratio of work-shift in blue-collar workers was 11.10(2.14-57.64). Conclusion: Skill discretion, created skill, decision-making authority, decision-making latitude, psychological job demand, and supervisor support were increased in white-collar workers. Decreased skill discretion and increased physical exertion were found in blue-collar workers, which is supported the Job Strain model. Job stress of blue-collar workers was comparatively higher than that of white-collar workers, especially, skill discretion, decision-making authority, decision-making latitude, job insecurity, physical exertion were noticeable factors. Especially, sleeping, smoking, and work shifting turned out to be a main cause that increases stress. Therefore, in order to decrease the job stress, a health promotion program to change the health behaviors should be activated and an organized job stress management program should be introduced. Especially, working condition for blue-collar such as physical exertion and work-shift should be improved.

• 융합정보논문지
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.165-171
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• 2019

본 연구는 65세 이상 노인들을 대상으로 스마트폰 교육이 그들의 삶에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 알아보고, 일대일 교육 방식을 적용한 스마트폰 교육의 긍정적인 요소를 알아보고자 하였다. 연구 수행 기간은 2018년 5월 14일~6월 11일 까지로 총 5주간 일주일에 1번, 1시간 30분 동안 진행하였고, 노인 1명과 봉사자 1명으로 구성하여 일대일 멘토링 형식으로 진행하였다. 본 연구의 결과 노인들을 대상으로 한 스마트폰 교육을 통해 노인들의 자기 효능감이 증가됨을 확인할 수 있었으나, 행복감과 삶의 질에는 큰 변화를 보이지 않았다. 이를 통해 빠르게 변화하는 현대사회에서 노인들을 긍정적인 삶의 유지를 위해 정보화 교육의 필요성을 인식시키고 노인들의 보다 나은 삶을 위해 다양한 연구가 진행되어야 할 것이다.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제7권6호
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• pp.105-113
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• 2016

본 연구는 사회서비스 사업 종사자들 간의 직무만족이 정신사회적 안녕수준에 미치는 영향에 관하여 분석하였다. 대상자는 광주, 전남, 전북지역에 소재한 지역자활센터에 근무하고 있는 하반기 보수교육을 이수한 사람들을 대상으로 자기기입식설문방식에 의해 실시되었다. 위계적 다중회귀분석을 통한 결과는 다음과 같다. 일반적 특성을 보정하고서, 정신건강과 관련한 조직 내 클라이언트 관계((${\beta}=0.669$, p=.000), 업무량 (${\beta}=0.393$, p=.063), 인간관계가(${\beta}=0.229$, p=.068)에 대한 만족이 정신건강에 미치는 영향이 있다는 높은 설명력을 가진다고 한다. 자격증 보유여부에서도 요양보호사(${\beta}=4.815$, p=.003), 산모신생아도우미에서(${\beta}=4.348$, p=.011) 다른 것들 보다 더 유의하게 나타났다. 결론적으로 보면, 정신건강증진을 위해 업무량을 적정화하고 클라이언트와의 관계를 원만하게 형성할 수 있는 훈련프로그램이 제공될 필요가 있다.

• 대한지역사회작업치료학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.11-22
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• 2021

목적 : 본 연구는 예비 작업치료사인 작업치료(학)과 학생들을 대상으로 코로나바이러스감염증-19(COVID-19)로 인한 작업균형과 삶의 질 변화 여부를 알아보고자 하였다. 연구 방법 : 2020년 5월 27일부터 6월 26일까지 전국 62개의 작업치료(학)과 중 총 35개의 대학교에 설문지를 배포하였다. 설문지는 일반적 특성, COVID-19 관련 특성, OBQ, WHOQOL-BREF를 사용하여 작업균형과 삶의 질을 평가 분석하였다. 결과 분석은 SPSS/PC 24.0 프로그램을 사용하여 빈도분석, 교차분석 및 카이제곱검정, 독립-t검정 및 분산분석, 피어슨 상관분석을 이용하여 분석하였다. 연구 결과 : 작업균형 관심 유무에 따라 학제, 수업, 생활패턴, 삶의 질, 개인일정 및 공적 일정에 유의한 차이를 보였다(p<.05). 작업균형(OBQ)과 삶의 질(WHOQOL-BREF)의 비교에서 '취미여부' 'COVID-19 이후 새로 생긴 취미', '생활패턴', 대중교통이용, '작업균형 유지', '삶의 질'이 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보였으며(p<.05), 작업균형 관심유무에 따른 차이는 보이지 않았다. 작업균형과 삶의 질 간에는 유의한 양의 상관관계가 나타냈다(p<.05). 결론 : 본 연구는 COVID-19로 인해 생활의 변화가 많은 대상자들이 작업균형에 관심이 높고, 작업균형을 잘 유지하고 있다고 인식할수록, 활동수준과 정서적 웰빙을 잘 유지 할수록 작업균형과 삶의 질이 높음을 알 수 있었고, 작업균형과 삶의 질 간의 양의 상관관계를 확인할 수 있었다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 COVID-19 유행으로 사회적 고립이 쉬운 시기에 작업균형, 삶의 질을 향상할 수 있는 중재전략과 관련된 연구들에 기초자료가 될 것이다.