• The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.151-174
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• 1991

The purpose of this study is to research the actual conditions of industrial accident patients and to produce worker satisfaction and a rational and effective counter measure plan. Direct interviews with 179 cases (in and out patients) were carried out during a three month period from April to July 1990, at six hospitals : two general hospitals Sun Lin and Sung Mo in Po Hang, and four general hospitals in Taegu : Kyung pooh University Hospital, Dong San Medical Center, Young Nam Medical Center and Catholic Hospital. The results of this study are summarized as fellows : 1. Among the 179 cases, $51.6\%$ were male and $48.4\%$ were female. The two largest age groups were 30-39, $31.8\%$ and 20-29, $27.4\%$. Among the 179 cases, $51.6\%$ were married, the largest family number was 2 to 3, $41.1\%$ and 4 to 5, $25.6\%$. Educationally, graduation from high school was the largest group, $46.4\%$ among ,the patients, followed by middle school and primary school. The largest group income level was from 40-69 만원, $45.2\%$. The largest group of patients who worked over 50 hrs. a week was $52.0\%$. The largest group of patients who worked less than 1 year was $44.7\%$, of the patients in work places of less than 100 people, $60.3\%$ were injured and in work places of 100-299 people, $20.1\%$ were injured. In manufacturing, the largest group injured was $55.3\%$, the next group was transport, storage, communication. The largest group of production workers injured was $40.2\%$. 2. The cause of injury in the largest group was facility problems, $33.5\%$. The next group was unsafe habits, $30.2\%$ ; a lack of safety knowledge, $17.9\%$ ; and insufficient supervision, $12.3\%$. The 30-39 year age group head the highest number of injuries, $40.4\%$ ; work places with more than 10 years of work, $44.4\%$ ; work places with more than 1000 people, $56.3\%$ and mining accidents, $80.0\%$. Among. these groups the highest cause of injury was due to facility problems. 3. The accident pattern showed machinery injuries $28.5\%$ as the largest group, followed by falls & falling objects $17.3\%$, fire & electric $15.1\%$, strucke by an object $14.5\%$, followed by overaction and vehicular accidents. The accident pattern showed $46.4\%$ among workers over the 50 year age group, workers in the 5-10 year group, $50.0\%$ ; places employing more than 1000 workers, $35.3\%$ ; construction $73.7\%$, and construction workers $57.1\%$, among these fall & falling objects caused the greatest number of injuries. 4. The largest group of injuries was fractures $54.8\%$, trauma $14.5\%$, amputation $11.7\%$, open wound, and burns. The largest number of fractures occurred in people in the 30-39 year age group, $63.2\%$ : over 10 years of work, $55.0\%$ ; in work places of 300-490 people, $63.6\%$ ; construction $63.2\%$ and general workers $57.2\%$. 5. The largest group of injuries was upper extremity $45.3\%$, lower extremity $24.0\%$, trunk $18.5\%$ and head or neck $12.2\%$. Of these groups, upper extremity injuries were the highest in those less than 20 years old $75.0\%$, less than 1 year or work $59.5\%$, in work places of 500-999 people $60.0\%$, manufacturing $56.6\%$ and production workers $55.6\%$. 6. Periods of injury showed 34 people injured in September, to be the largest followed by October, 32 ; August, 22 people : July, 19 people and the lowest December, 2 people. During the week, Friday had the largest group injured, 35 people ; followed by Saturday, 26 people and the lowest was Wednesday, 17 people, During the day 1400 hours had the largest group injured, 38 people ; followed by 800 hours, 31 people. 7. On a basis of 5 as the highest mark, the average, according to worker satisfaction showed facility safety 3.55, work environment 3.47, income 3.44, job 3.21 and treatment 2.98. 8. The correlation between general characteristics and injury showed that age was directly correlated to the duration of work (r=2591) p<0.01, age was directly correlated to industry (r=2311) p<0.01, and the duration was directly correlated to occupation (r=4372) p<0.001.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.87-98
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• 1992

This study was undertaken to investigate protein effects on the adaptation of shift work. Since biorhythms differ according to the time of day, an investigation of the change of metabolism during day-shift and night-shift was undertaken by dividing twenty 3-shift worker into two groups: dormitory diet group and milk & egg supplemented group. Between the two groups, estimations were made on the concentrations of serum protain, albumin, cholesterol and cortisol and the excretion of vanilymandelic acid(VMA), creatinine and nitrogen in urine. The results are summarized as follows: 1. Serum ingredients were gathered from workers at 6:00-7:00h and 14:00-15:00h on the day of their change from morning shift(6:00-14:00h) to night shift(22:00-6:00h). On examnation of the serum ingredient it was found that, in dormitory diet group only the concentrarion level of serum albumin showed a change of rhythm adapted to night work, and in the milk & egg supplemented group the concentration levels of serum protein, albumin and cholesterol all showed a change of rhythm adapted to night work. Serum cortisol of both groups showed the same rhythm as during morining shfits, which implied nonadatation to night work, but the concentration was observed to be lower. 2. Excretion of urinary VMA and nitrogen were higher during night work than during morning work: they were also higher on the 6th day than on the 1st, in comparing the two groups, excretion of VMA was higher among the dormitory diet group, whereas the opposite was ture for excretion of nitrogen among the milk & egg supplemented group. There was no sign of difference in excretion of cretinine among the two experiment groups.

• Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
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• 제35권
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• pp.22.1-22.9
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• 2023

Background: Shift work increases the risk of chronic diseases, including metabolic diseases. However, studies on the relationship between shift work and renal function are limited. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between shift work and a decreased glomerular filtration rate (GFR). Methods: Data were evaluated for 1,324,930 workers who visited the Korean Medical Institute from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2020 and underwent a health checkup. Daytime workers were randomly extracted at a ratio of 1:4 after matching for age and sex. In total, 18,190 workers aged over 40 years were included in the analyses; these included 3,638 shift workers and 14,552 daytime workers. Participants were categorized into the shift work group when they underwent a specific health checkup for night shift work or indicated that they were shift workers in the questionnaire. The odds ratio was calculated using a conditional logistic regression to investigate the relevance of shift work for changes in GFR. Results: 35 workers in the shift group and 54 in the daytime group exhibited an estimated GFR (eGFR) value of < 60 mL/min/1.73m² (p < 0.01). The difference in eGFR values between two checkups differed significantly depending on the type of work (p < 0.01); the difference in the shift work group (-9.64 mL/min/1.73 m²) was larger than that in the daytime work group (-7.45 mL/min/1.73 m²). The odds ratio for eGFR reduction to < 60 mL/min/1.73 m² in the shift group versus the daytime group was 4.07 (95% confidence interval: 2.54-6.52), which was statistically significant. Conclusions: The results of this study suggest that eGFR decreases by a significantly larger value in shift workers than in daytime workers; thus, shift work could be a contributing factor for chronic kidney disease (CKD). Further prospective studies are necessary to validate this finding and identify measures to prevent CKD in shift workers.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제46권6호
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• pp.573-588
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• 2013

The objective of this study is to investigate various jobs and foodservice environments, as well as work performances of school foodservice dietitians and nutrition teachers in accordance to the years of service in Daejeon and Chungnam provinces. A survey was conducted among school foodservice dietitians and nutrition teachers; a total of 415 from selected elementary, middle and high schools in the areas. In this study, we surveyed the participants and analyzed the current state of general characteristics, status of their job environments and foodservice environments by frequency, and the averages and differences in work performance with regard to 12 work parts and 57 works using one-way ANOVA and Duncan's multiple range test according to the years of service. Six parts among 12 work parts were significantly different in work performance according to the years of service. The 6 work parts were menu (nutrition) management, utensil recovery and management, sanitation management, foodservice administration & evaluation, dietary habit guide, and other works. The 11-15 years group ranked as the top on the total score and means of work performance. While the 16-years or more group, 6-10 years group, and under 5 years group followed consecutively. Correlation analysis between job or foodservice environments and work performances showed that work performances of school dietitians were mostly influenced by employment status, education level, and annual salary among the variables of job or foodservice environments. Other works, dietary habit guides and menu management were mostly influenced by variables of job and foodservice environments.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.107-112
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• 2007

치위생과 학생들의 치위생 활동과정이나 결과 중에서 중요하게 생각하는 부분을 파악하고 유형화하여 취업지도의 기초자료로 사용코자 광주 전남지역에 개설된 3개 대학 치위생과 재학생을 대상으로 설문 조사한 결과 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. 48개로 문항으로 구성된 설문결과 6개 유형으로 직업가치관이 조사되었다. 지위, 보수, 안정, 능력, 기여, 성취로 구분되었고 59.2%의 설명력을 가지고 있었다. 2. 지위요인은 C학교에서, 기타 출신고교에서, 대인관계가 좋을수록, 건강상태가 나쁠수록, 직장경험이 있을수록, 진학권유를 하겠다고 응답한 군에서 의미있게 높았다(p < 0.05). 3. 보수요인은 C학교에서, 저학년일수록, 기타 출신고교에서, 기타방법으로 학비를 조달하는 군에서, 대인관계 및 건강상태가 좋을수록, 직장경험이 있을수록, 진학 권유를 하겠다고 응답한 군에서 의미있게 높았다(p < 0.05). 4. 안정요인은 C학교에서, 저학년일수록, 연령이 낮을수록, 기타 출신고교에서, 직장경험이 있을수록, 진학 권유를 하겠다고 응답한 군에서 높았다(p < 0.05). 5. 능력요인은 C학교에서, 기타 출신고교에서, 대인관계가 좋을수록, 건강상태가 나쁠수록, 직장경험이 있을수록, 진학권유를 하겠다고 응답한 군에서 높았다(p < 0.05). 6. 기여요인은 C학교에서 학년이 낮을수록, 기타 출신고교에서, 장학금으로 학비를 조달하는 군에서, 대인관계를 모르겠다고 응답한 군에서, 건강상태가 나쁠수록, 직장경험이 있을수록, 진학 권유를 하겠다고 응답한 군에서 높았다(p < 0.05). 7. 성취요인은 C학교에서 기타 출신고교에서, 대인관계가 좋은 군에서, 건강상태가 좋을수록, 진학 권유를 하겠다고 응답한 군에서 의미있게 높았다(p < 0.05).

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.329-337
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• 1997

연구배경 : 기관내관의 삽관은 상기도 저항을 증가시켜 환자의 호흡 일을 증가시키는 것으로 알려져 있다. 그러나 기계 호흡으로부터 이탈 시 기관내관을 제거한 후에 오히려 호흡곤란이 증가하여 호흡 부전이 발생하기도 하므로 기관내관의 제거 후 호흡 일의 변화를 알아보고 이러한 호흡 일의 변화와 관련된 호흡역학적 지표들과의 상관 관계를 조사하고자 하였다. 방 법 : 기계 호흡 치료 후 기저 질환이 호전되어 호흡 부전으로부터 회복된 34명의 환자를 대상으로 기관내관 제거 직전, 제거 직후 및 48시간 까지 호흡 일과 호흡 역학적 지표들을 추적 관찰 하였다. 결 과 : 기관내관 제거 직전에 비해 직후 호흡 일이 감소한 환자는 33%(11/34), 변화 없는 환자는 41%(14/34), 증가한 환자는 26%(9/34)였다. 기관내관 제거 후 48시간 이내 기계 호흡의 보조나 다시 기관내관의 삽관을 받은 이탈 실패 환자는 3군(호흡 일이 증가된 군)에서는 44.4%(4.9), 2군(변화 없는 군)에서는 28.6%(4/14), 1군(감소된 군)에서는 9%(1/11)에서 발생하였다. 기관내관 제거 후 호흡 일의 변화는 주로 평균 기도 저항의 변화와 정 상관 관계를 보였다. 기관내관 제거 후 호흡 일이 증가한 환자군 중에서 48시간까지 호흡일이 측정된 3명의 환자에서 호흡 일과 평균 기도저항은 6시간까지 일률적으로 증가하였으며 24시간 후에는 감소되는 경향을 보였다. 결 론 : 기계 호흡 치료를 받은 환자들에서 기관내관 제거 직후 가역적인 호흡 일의 증가가 나타날 수 있으며 이는 주로 평균 기도 저항의 증가에 기인하는 것으로 사료되었다.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.139-146
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• 2010

Recent studies suggest that prolonged standing at work is associated with varicose veins (VV). The objective of this study was to analyze the differences of VV risk in terms of work types in casino dealers and hotel service workers. Symptoms of VV were evaluated using a self-reported questionnaire from 2,092 participants, and muscle fatigue in the lower legs were evaluated using surface electromyography. The shift rate of median frequency in Gastrocnemius was -30.0% among the casino dealers working in prolonged static standing posture, and - 14.3% among the casino dealers sitting during working time. After adjusting age, gender, smoking, and family history of VV, the risk ratio of VV was 3.67(95% CI 2.03-6.59) in group I (prolonged standing and occasional walking at work), 6.29(95% CI 3.48-11.35) in group II (prolonged standing, occasional walking and heavy lifting at work), and 8.07(95% CI 4.51-14.43) in groupIII(prolonged static standing at work). In conclusion, prolonged standing at work may be a work related risk factor of VV.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.490-503
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• 2017

본 연구의 목적은 선택이론 포커스 그룹 활동이 주부들의 정신건강 증진에 효과가 있는지를 확인하는 것이다. 본 연구를 위하여 Glasse의 저서인 '경고: 정신과 치료가 당신의 정신건강을 해친다' 를 교육 및 토론의 매체로 활용하였다. 참여자는 2개 그룹 24명의 주부들이었으며 이들 중 12명은 실험군으로, 다른 12명은 대조군으로 배정하였다. 집단 활동 시작 시기에 각 집단을 대상으로 특성분노, 특성불안, 우울 및 심리적 안녕감 척도로 설문조사를 실시하였고, 집단 활동 후, 그리고 5주 후 다시 같은 설문조사를 실시하였다. 연구 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째 실험군의 특성분노, 특성불안, 우울의 수준은 대조군과 비교하여 실험 직후 및 추후 조사에서 모두 낮았다. 둘째, 실험군의 심리적 안녕감의 수준은 대조군과 비교하여 실험 직후 및 추후 조사에서 모두 높았다. 따라서 본 연구를 통하여 선택이론 포커스 집단은 정신건강의 증진에 효과가 있음을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.21-32
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• 2005

Questionnaire survey from 101 visitors and 77 specialists was carried out to establish the management plan on landscapes of the artificial structure constructed in valley within Bughansan National Park. When comparison was made between ground sill work structure and valley landscape, visitor group responded to the highest scores in valley landscape after planting of vine species in the bottom of the constructure, while specialist group responded to valley landscape after the removal of the constructure. When it made a comparison between revetment work constructure and valley landscape, visitor group responded to highest scores in valley landscape after planting of vine species in the top of the constructure, while specialist group responded to valley landscape after replacing concrete revetment by stone revetment constructure. When it made a comparison between fall work constructure and valley landscape, both groups responded to the highest scores in valley landscape after the removal of the constructure. According to the valley landscape analysis, artificial constructures built in water channel should be matched to adjacent landscape with the removal of concrete constructure. The slope of water channel should be considered to build fall work constructure.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.135-140
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• 2022

Background: Coal mining is a hazardous industry. The purpose of the study is to identify the nature of occupational injuries and diseases among coal miners and to determine the factors that affect the rate of injury and duration of time loss from work. Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted using accepted workers' compensation claims data of 30,390 Australian coal miners between July 2003 and June 2017. Results: Musculoskeletal and fracture conditions accounted for approximately 60% of claims in all occupational groups. Cox regression analysis showed that older age and female gender were significant predictors of longer time off work. Injury types and occupations were associated with work time loss: mental health conditions, and machine operators and drivers had significantly longer durations of time off work. Conclusion: Future research can further address how these factors led to longer time off work so that coal industry regulators, employers, and healthcare providers can target interventions more effectively to these at-risk workers.