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Musculoskeletal Workload and Job Stress in Early Childcare Teachers

유아교사의 근골격계 작업부담과 직무 스트레스

  • Kim, Chae-Bong (Department of Public Health Graduate School of Korea University) ;
  • Cho, Hye-Kyung (Department of Child Care and Education, Korean Bible University) ;
  • Park, Mi-Seon (Kum-Bit Public Child Care and Education Center) ;
  • Yang, Kyung-Soo (School of Social and Welfare, Kyungwoon University)
  • 김채봉 (고려대학교 의과대학 보건학협동과정) ;
  • 조혜경 (한국성서대학교 영유아보육학과) ;
  • 박미선 (꿈빛어린이집) ;
  • 양경수 (경운대학교 사회복지학과)
  • Received : 2015.12.04
  • Accepted : 2016.05.25
  • Published : 2016.06.30
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Abstract

Objectives : The purpose of this study was to determine the association between musculoskeletal workload and job stress in early childcare teachers. Methods : This study was based on The Korean Working Condition Survey conducted on wage workers. The total number of individuals included in the analysis was 395 (286 childcare teachers and 109 kindergarten teachers) early childcare teachers in 2011. The collected data were analyzed by frequency statistic, cross-tabulation analysis and logistic regression. Results : The adjusted odds ratio showed a statistically effective association for job stress exposure. The results were as follows: education level, service environment, emotional labor, fatigue or posture led to pain for a high level of job stress. Additionally, for childcare teachers, the results showed that fatigue or posture led to pain when moving a heavy object frequently. Conclusions : When childcare teachers are assigned a task to lift heavy or awkward or objects, care should be taken on who is assigned the task, and it should be done safely. An intervention program should be developed to train childcare teachers to safely and efficiency do heavy labor in early childcare education classes.

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