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Work-Related Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Pain Korean Baristas

한국의 바리스타들의 업무 관련 상지 근골격계 통증

  • Kim, Ha-Eun (Dept. of Occupational Therapy, Jeonju University) ;
  • Kwon, Ye-Lim (Dept. of Occupational Therapy, Jeonju University) ;
  • Park, Hyun-Ju (Dept. of Occupational Therapy, Jeonju University) ;
  • Kang, Jul-Gi (Dept. of Occupational Therapy, Jeonju University) ;
  • Lee, Ji-In (Dept. of Occupational Therapy, Jeonju University) ;
  • Kim, Eun-Joo (Dept. of Occupational Therapy, Jeonju University)
  • 김하은 (전주대학교 작업치료학과) ;
  • 권예림 (전주대학교 작업치료학과) ;
  • 박현주 (전주대학교 작업치료학과) ;
  • 강줄기 (전주대학교 작업치료학과) ;
  • 이지인 (전주대학교 작업치료학과) ;
  • 김은주 (전주대학교 작업치료학과)
  • Received : 2019.06.11
  • Accepted : 2019.07.20
  • Published : 2019.07.28
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the current status of work-related upper extremity musculoskeletal pain in baristas and to identify the elements that are related to pain. The questionnaires were distributed to 100 workers in 63 cafes on Jeonju city in Korea. As a result of investigating work related pain, 65.3% (n=64) answered "yes" to the question that had pain at least once a week, month, or year, or 34.7% (n=34) answered "no". Most of the workers were right-handed, and when they felt pain, they felt 25 to 50% of time per day. Especially, baristas reported that the use of porter filters during work and the tamping operation were the most painful. In conclusion, our study indicated that necessary to introduce and develop a program to prevent cafe worker disease, as well as need to future research to improve work environment and posture according to the characteristics of the cafe works.

이 연구의 목적은 바리스타에게서 나타나는 작업 관련한 상지 근골격계 통증 상태를 조사하고 통증과 관련된 요소를 확인하는 것이었다. 연구대상은 전주시의 카페 근무자로 하여 통증 현황을 조사하였고 그 중 통증 고위험군을 대상으로 통증 영향 변수를 조사하였다. 업무 관련 통증을 조사한 결과, 65.3%에서 적어도 1주일, 1개월 또는 1년 내에 통증이 있었다고 응답하였다. 대부분의 근로자는 오른손잡이였고 하루의 25~50%의 시간 동안 통증을 느꼈다고 하였다. 특히 일하는 중 포터 필터를 사용하는 것이 가장 고통스럽다고 보고하였다. 향후에 카페 작업자의 질병을 예방하기 위한 프로그램을 도입하고 개발하는 것이 필요하고, 카페 작업의 특성에 따라 작업 환경과 자세를 개선하기 위한 향후 연구가 필요하다.

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Fig. 1. The modified PQRST-test (8 items)

Table 1. General characteristic of participants

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Table 2. The descriptive statistics in the modified PQRST-test

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Table 3. The descriptive statistics in JSI

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Table 4. Wrist bend angle when inserting the porter filter

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