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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2012.13.10.4917

Job Stress Level and It's Related Factors in Firefighters  

Choi, Mi-Suk (Department of Dental Hygiene, Cho-Dang University)
Ji, Dong-Ha (Department of Environment health, Daejeon Health Sciences College)
Kim, Jin-Woo (Department of Emergency Medical Technology, Daejeon Health Sciences College)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.13, no.10, 2012 , pp. 4917-4926 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was designed to assess the factor of influence to occupational stress who work in the field of firefighters and questionnaire was uesd to analyse the stress scores and find the primary factors influence to occupational stress. The number of respondents were 408 who received the refresher training and period of investigation was august 2011 through october 2011. A structured questionnaire was employed to evaluate the participants' socio-demographics, job-related factors, health-related behaviors, occupational stress, reaction factor (fatigue, job satisfaction) and buffer factor (social support). Occupational stress and fatigue were assessed using the Korean Occupational Stress Scale-Short Form (KOSS-SF) and the Multidimensional Fatigue Scale (MFS), respectively. The analysis showed that we found a strong correlation between fatigue, job satisfaction and occupational stress. Occupational stress was associated with an increased risk of fatigue and decreased the job satisfaction. In the multiple regression analysis(stepwise), main factor that influence to occupational stress were job satisfaction, gender, age, processing number for a day, exercise. In logistic regression analyses, a higher occupational stress was associated with higher odds of fatigue(High) and the odds was down by 15.0% after adjustment for job satisfaction, gender, age, processing number for a day, exercise. Thus, a job satisfaction promote program for the reduction of occupational stress and the promotion of firefighters's health is strongly recommended.
Keywords
Fatigue; Job satisfaction; Occupational stress;
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