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http://dx.doi.org/10.15207/JKCS.2017.8.2.043

The relations between the Musculoskeletal Symptoms and Job Stress of Occupational Therapists at Rehabilitation Hospitals  

Park, So-Yeon (Dept. of Occupational Therapy, Hanseo University)
Kim, Jin-Kyung (Dept. of Occupational Therapy, Hanseo University)
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Journal of the Korea Convergence Society / v.8, no.2, 2017 , pp. 43-51 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to identify correlations between the musculoskeletal symptoms and job stress of occupational therapists at rehabilitation hospitals. To this end, the study conducted a survey on 210 occupational therapists at rehabilitation hospitals located in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do between June 1 and July 30, 2014. The average age of the subjects who participated in this study was $25.4{\pm}3.4$ years old, and their average work period was $2.3{\pm}2.1$ years. The subjects included 151 women (71.9%) and 171 permanent workers (81.4%). Among the subjects, 114 individuals (54.3%) had experienced a musculoskeletal symptom, and their major affected areas included hands/fingers (21%) and legs (18.6%). The percentage of high risk group of job stress was higher in musculoskeletal symptom group. And the proportion of high risk for job stress was higher in females. In particular, males showed significant differences in 'job demands', 'inappropriate reward', 'occupational climate' and females showed significant differences in 'Interpersonal conflict', 'inappropriate reward'(p<0.05).
Keywords
Occupational therapist; Job stress; Musculoskeletal symptom; Physical burden; Rehabilitation hospital;
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