Research on Occupational Stress of the Some Local Workers and Temporomandibular Joint Disorder

일부지역 근로자의 직무스트레스와 측두하악장애에 관한 연구

  • Lee, Jung-Hwa (Department of Dental Hygiene, Pohang college) ;
  • Park, Eui-Jung (Department of Dental Hygiene, Youngnam foreign language college) ;
  • Choi, Jung-Mi (Department of Dental Hygiene, Busan Info-Tech college)
  • Received : 2008.10.24
  • Accepted : 2009.03.05
  • Published : 2009.03.30

Abstract

Aimed at office workers at their height of Temporomandibular joint disorder(TMD), organized self-filling questionnaires were distributed from January 7 to 26, 2008 to 216 workers in the fields of service, office work, and production in D metropolitan city, to get a proper recognition about prevention and treatment of TMD by observing how strongly occupational stress influence on them. The findings of the study were as follows: 1. For subjective symptoms of joint noise as TMD, occasional was 45.8% and often 12.0%, while for joint dislocation often was 12.0%. 41.2% said they feel pains while chewing, while 24.1% said they occasionally feel pains while not chewing. 2.8% said they often experience mouth-opening disorder. 2. For joint noise, answers were significantly different according to their ages, while 30's are at their height (P < 0.05). For joint dislocation, the shorter they worked the more they have it, so less than a year worker was 37.9%, while less than 3 years 31.0%, and less than 5 years 20.7%. For work type, daytime workers have more dislocation, 58.6%, than shift-workers 34.5% (P < 0.05, P < 0.01). For pains while chewing, the shorter they worked, the more they experienced, which is the same as mouth-opening disorder (P < 0.01). 3. Workers with mouth-opening disorder have much stress on occupational autonomy (P < 0.05) and workers with dislocation and pains while chewing have much stress on relation trouble (P < 0.05, P < 0.01). Workers with highly occupational insecurity has much trouble on dislocation and pains while chewing, while workers with dislocation have significantly much stress on unproper compensation (P < 0.05). 4. For who have joint dislocation, they have much stress on relation-trouble, occupational disorder, and un-proper compensation (P < 0.01, P < 0.05). Workers with pains while not chewing showed significant difference about occupational insecurity and relation troubles (P < 0.05, P < 0.01). Who have mouth-opening disorder showed significant difference about occupational autonomy (P < 0.05).

측두하악장애의 절정기 연령인 직장인을 대상으로 직무스트레스가 측두하악장애에 얼마만큼 영향을 미치는지를 관찰함으로서 측두하악장애의 예방과 치료에 관한 기초자료를 제공하고자 2008년 1월 7일부터 1월 26일까지 D광역시에 근무하고 있는 서비스직, 사무직, 생산직 근로자 216명을 대상으로 구조화된 자기기입식 설문지를 이용하였다. 분석방법으로는 SPSS 10.0을 이용하여 연구대상자의 일반적 특성과 측두하악장애의 주관적 증상, 일반적 특성에 따른 스트레스 요인별 정도, 측두하악장애 유무에 따른 직무스트레스 차이, 직무스트레스정도와 측두하악장애에 관한 상관관계 등을 분석하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1. 측두하악장애의 주관적 증상에서는 관절잡음에서 가끔 그렇다 45.8%, 자주 그렇다 12.0%였고, 관절탈구는 가끔 그렇다 12.0%였다. 저작시동통에서는 41.2%, 비저작시동통에서도 24.1%가 가끔 경험하고 있었다. 개구장애에서는 2.8%가 자주 경험한 것으로 나타났다. 2. 관절 잡음에서는 연령에 따라 30대에서 가장 높이 나타나 유의한 차이를 보였고(P < 0.05), 관절탈구에서는 근무기간이 1년미만 37.9%, 3년미만 31.0%, 5년미만 20.7%로 근무기간이 짧을수록 많았으며, 근무 형태에서는 교대 34.5% 보다는 주간 근무 58.6%가 높게 나타났다(P < 0.05, P < 0.01). 또한 저작 시 동통에서도 근무기간이 낮을수록 유병율이 높게 나타났으며, 개구장애에서는 근무기간이 낮을수록 높게 나타나 유의한 차이를 보였다(P < 0.01). 3. 개구장애가 있는 근로자는 직무자율성에서 스트레스를 더 높게 나타났고(P < 0.05), 탈구유무와 비저작시 동통과는 관계갈등 부분에서 스트레스가 더 높게 나타났다(P < 0.05, P < 0.01). 직무불안정이 높은 근로자일수록 탈구유무와 비저작시 동통에 문제가 있었으며, 탈구에 문제를 가진 근로자가 보상부적절에 관한 스트레스가 유의하게 높게 나타났다(P < 0.05). 4. 관절탈구가 있을 경우 관계갈등, 직무불안정, 보상부적절에 대한 스트레스가 높게 나타났으며(P < 0.01, P < 0.05), 비저작시 동통이 있는 근로자 일수록 관계갈등, 직무 불안정에 대한 스트레스가 유의한 차이를 나타내었다(P < 0.05, P < 0.01). 개구장애가 있을수록 직무자율성에 대한 스트레스가 유의한 차이를 보였다(P < 0.05).

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