Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing (한국직업건강간호학회지)

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The Factors Affecting Physical Fitness Level of Female Flight Attendants

일개 항공사 객실 여승무원의 기초 체력에 관련된 요인

  • Lee, Hyun-Ju (Korean Air Aeromedical Center) ;
  • Park, Chung-Yill (College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Kim, Yong-Kyu (Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Sun Hospital) ;
  • Yi, Yun-Joeng (College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
  • 이현주 (대한항공 항공의료센터) ;
  • 박정일 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학) ;
  • 김용규 (선병원 직업환경의학센터) ;
  • 이윤정 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학)
  • Received : 2012.05.01
  • Accepted : 2012.05.22
  • Published : 2012.05.31
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Abstract

Purpose: This study is aimed at obtaining the information on the physical fitness level of female flight attendants at a local airline. Methods: The subjects are 2,409 female flight attendants who have had medical examination and physical fitness tests at an airline medical center from January 2 to December 30, 2008. The independent variables include socio-demographic & behavioral characteristics, and medical examination results, whereas the dependent variable is their physical strength score representing their fitness level. Results: Factors that affect the fitness strength score are age, flight hours per year, and fasting blood sugar level. It is found that physical fitness level is higher when the subjects are over 35, on board for over 850 hours per year and their fasting blood sugar level is over 100 mg/dL. Conclusion: It is concluded that for the improvement of flight attendants' health, more exercise to develop cardio-respiratory endurance and muscular strength is needed, and further study needs to be done to develop fitness enhancement programs considering flight attendants' job characteristics, working years, and flight hours per year, and programs for those returning to their workplace after a long-term leave, and new employees.

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