• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.31-37
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• 2021

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the level of workplace violence experienced by taxi drivers and identify the affected factors. Methods: Two hundred twelve taxi drivers were investigated for general characteristics and workplace violence was evaluated using K_WVSⓇ13. The data was collected from July to October 2020 through questionnaires. It was analyzed using t-test and ANOVA with SPSS WIN23.0. Results: Most of the taxi drivers were elderly and suffered from long hours of labor and low wages. After evaluating four sub-factors of workplace violence, 'psychological and sexual violence from customers', 'psychological and sexual violence from customers, supervisors, and coworkers' and 'physical assault from customers/supervisors/coworkers' were judged as risks. For 'psychological and sexual violence from customers, supervisors, and coworkers', the mean score by age was significantly higher for workers in their 70s or older and those with 30 years of experience compared to other age groups. In the case of 'psychological and sexual violence from customers', sales taxis were significantly higher than private taxis. Conclusions: It is necessary to develop a workplace violence prevention program suitable for the characteristics of taxi drivers in order to manage their physical and mental health. When establishing such a program, business type, age, and experience must be considered.

• 한국직업건강간호학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.108-117
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• 2016

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between customer contact service and mental health among Korean taxi drivers. Methods: This was a secondary analysis of data collected from the 2015 Korean Working Conditions Survey. The sample included 496 taxi drivers in South Korea. The effect of customer contact service on mental health was analyzed using logistic regression analysis. The independent variables were general characteristics, working conditions, and hazardous factors in interactive service. Results: The prevalence of poor mental health was 56.3%. Taxi drivers experienced emotional involvement (17.2%), hiding feeling (32.0%), and contact with angry clients (18.3%) in their job. During the first month of their work, 33.7% experienced verbal abuse and 12.3% threats/humiliating behaviors. In bivariate analysis, verbal abuse, threats/humiliating behaviors, and physical violence were associated with mental health of taxi drivers. Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed 'emotional involvement' and 'contact with angry clients' were significant predictors of mental health. Conclusion: The findings of this study may be useful in developing intervention programs to improve the mental health of taxi drivers in South Korea.

• 한국전문물리치료학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.55-62
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• 2014

For professional drivers, there is a possibility to have musculoskeletal disorders on ankle joint due to repetitive pedaling operation. Therefore, this study have focused to examine ankle active range of motion (AROM), dorsiflexor strength, and pressure pain threshold (PPT) of tibialis anterior muscle (TA) in taxi drivers compared to a age-matched control group. Thirty male taxi drivers with at least 10 years of driving experience and thirty male sedentary workers were evaluated for ankle AROM, dorsiflexor strength, and PPT of TA. Multiple independent t-tests were used to identify significant differences between two groups. For the results, taxi drivers had significantly less AROM in dorsiflexion and greater AROM in external tibial rotation compared to the control group. Also, dorsiflexor strength and PPT of TA in taxi drivers was significantly lower than in the control group. This study indicates that the repetitive ankle movements associated with driving have an effect on ankle AROM, dorsiflexor strength, and PPT of TA and may lead to work-related musculoskeletal disorders on ankle. Professional drivers may need to be educated to prevent a potential musculoskeletal disorders associated with repetitive movement.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.313-322
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• 1989

The present status of the traffic accident rate in Korea shows that it is the highest in the world with a continuously increasing trend. Human factors account for 90% of the causes of traffic accidents. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine some human factors related to traffic accidents by studying the relationship between health status and traffic accidents. To accomplish this purpose, all taxi companies located in the Seoul area were divided in three groups according to the number of taxi possessed, then some companies in each ?roup were randomly selected for study, and a total of 222 drivers in those selected companies were questioned and examined from April 15 to April 22, 1989. Seventy drivers among 222 had experienced a traffic accident. A $x^2$-test was performed on the data, then, factor analysis and discrminant analysis were executed with the following results: 1. The drivers complaining of gastroenteric symptoms numbered 110(49.5%), which was the major symptom among all drivers complaining of poor health. 2. In the primary analysis, variables related to traffic accidents were divided into general, occupational, and health characteristics. Drivers having no traffic accident experience and drivers having that experience were subjected to question about age, educational level, residential status, monthly average income, working hours and days, degree of satisfaction with their profession and homelife, degree of worry about health. degree of fatigue, medication, drunken driving, and illness, but there were no statistical significances. 3. In the factor analysis, the 8 health variables which cause traffic accidents were classified into 3 common factors which were perceived health factor, sleeping and drunken driving, and visual acuity and smoking factor. Perceived health was the factor which contributed most to explaining accidents. 4. In the discriminant analysis, a correct prediction rate of 68.0% was obtained in the factors of all the characteristics. 5. Degree of sttisfaction with their homelife and educational and economic factor in the general characteristics, degree of satisfaction with their profession in the occupational characteristics, and sleeping and drunken driving in the health characteristics were selected as statistically significant factors to discriminant the traffic accident. 6. Among the factors of the general, occupational, and health characteristics, degree of satisfaction with their homelife, driving experience, family factor, perceived factor were selected as the statistically significant factors.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.542-550
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• 2015

본 연구는 구강건강신념모형을 이용하여 택시운수종사자의 구강보건행태를 파악하고 분석하여 택시운송종사자의 구강건강증진과 지역구강보건사업 방안 마련에 필요한 기초자료로 활용하고자 실시하였다. 수집된 자료를 분석하여 다음과 같은 결론을 얻을 수 있었다. 일반적 특성 및 구강 건강신념이 구강보건교육 경험 여부에 미치는 영향을 확인한 결과 구강건강신념 중 유익성은 구강보건교육경험 여부와 연관성이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 구강건강신념이 치석제거에 미치는 영향에는 유익성, 감수성, 장애성이 영향을 미치는 요인으로 나타났다. 구강건강신념에 영향을 미치는 요인을 분석한 결과 감수성에 영향을 주는 요인은 성별, 월 평균 소득, 주관적 구강건강상태, 연령, 1주일 근무일수, 치과의료기관 이용여부로 나타났다. 심각성에 영향을 준 요인은 주관적 구강건강상태, 최종학력, 1주일 근무일수로 나타났다. 또한 유익성에 영향을 준 요인은 치석제거 경험 여부, 하루 평균 근무시간으로 나타났고, 장애성에 영향을 주는 요인은 월 평균 소득, 주관적 구강건강상태, 치석제거 경험 여부, 구강보건교육 경험 여부, 1주일 근무일수로 나타났다. 이상의 결과들을 종합해 보면 택시운수종사자의 특성에 따라 구강건강신념에 영향을 주는 요인이 다르긴 하나 구강건강신념과 구강건강행동 간에는 연관성이 있는 것으로 보인다. 따라서 택시운수종사자의 구강건강증진방안을 마련할 때에는 구강건강신념과 구강보건행태를 고려하여야 할 것으로 생각된다.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제28권2D호
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• pp.191-203
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• 2008

사업용 자동차 교통사고 특성 분석(도로교통안전관리공단, 2007)에 따르면, 사업용 차량의 1만대 당 교통사고 발생률과 사망률이 비사업용 차량에 비해 각각 6.7배와 5.3배 높은 것으로 나타났다. 또한 최근 10년 동안 전체 교통사고는 연평균 1.5% 감소한데 비하여, 사업용 차량의 교통사고는 연평균 2.0%씩 증가하는 추세를 보이고 있다. 최근 10년 동안 사업용 차량 중 버스와 화물트럭의 교통사고 발생건수는 꾸준히 감소하였다. 그러나 택시의 교통사고 발생건수만은 연평균 5.6%씩 꾸준히 증가하고 있다. 이와 같은 상황에서 심리성격 분석 기법인 Q분석을 통하여, 택시 운전자의 운전 성향별 특성을 파악하고, 운전 성향별 교통사고 저감대책을 마련하고자 하였다.