Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing (한국직업건강간호학회지)
- Volume 8 Issue 2
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- Pages.162-168
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- 1999
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- 2287-2531(pISSN)
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- 2466-1856(eISSN)
Industrial Fatigue and Low Back Pain of the Nurses in General Hospital
종합병원 간호사들의 피로자각증상과 요통
- Kim, Soon Lae (College of Nursing, Catholic University of Korea) ;
- Cho, Tong Ran (Industria Safety Training Institute, KISCO)
- Published : 1999.12.30
Abstract
To investigate industrial fatigue and low back pain, the questionaire survey for subjective symptoms of fatigue and low back pain was carried out 305 nurses in general hospital in Korea. Nurses participated to this study were divided into low back pain group(LBP) and control group, according to the self-reports by written questionaires. The subjective sysptoms of fatigue comprised three groups of 10 items each, representing dullness and sleepiness(level of cerebral activation), difficulty in concentration(level of motivation) and bodily projection of fatigue. The resultant data were processed for