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http://dx.doi.org/10.15269/JKSOEH.2021.31.4.531

The Effect of Infection Anxiety about COVID-19 Perceived by Home Appliance Installation and Repair Technicians on Work Stress  

Kwon, Eun-Jung (Department of Nursing, Andong Science College)
Hwang, Jee-Hyun (The Catholic University of Korea)
Kim, Hee-Gerl (College of Nursing, Gachon University)
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Journal of Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene / v.31, no.4, 2021 , pp. 531-539 More about this Journal
Abstract
Objectives: The purpose of this study is to understand the effect of infection anxiety about COVID-19 perceived by home appliance installers and repair technicians on work stress. Methods: To collect data, the purpose of the study was explained through the labor union of domestic home appliance service companies, and a survey was conducted through mobile to 286 home appliance installers and repair technicians who agreed to the survey. Results: As a result of the analysis, it was found that age, fatigue, work satisfaction, visit time, and Corona 19 infection anxiety had a significant effect on work stress. In other words, the higher the age, the higher the fatigue, the lower the job satisfaction, the higher the work stress was when the visit time was more than 30 minutes, and the higher the Corona 19 infection anxiety, the higher the work stress. Conclusions: Based on the results of this study, the following suggestions are made. First, in order to prevent work stress, we propose the development of a workplace health care program that can solve fatigue. Second, it is necessary to prepare a working environment and provide institutional support to reduce work stress by increasing Job satisfaction. Third, a workplace quarantine measures is needed to prevent infection for essential-workers who do face-to-face work in preparation for possible infectious diseases in the future.
Keywords
COVID-19; home appliance installation and repair technician; infection anxiety; work stress;
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