• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.2047-2054
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• 2015

본 연구는 사업장 근로자들의 직무스트레스 요인과 흡연 유무와의 관련성을 알아볼 목적으로 제조업 사업장 남성 근로자 872명을 대상으로 2012년 2월 1일부터 4월 30일까지의 기간 동안에 구조화된 무기명 자기기입식 설문지(self-administrated questionnaire)를 사용하여 조사대상자의 기본적 속성, 흡연습관 및 JCQ에 의한 직무스트레스요인을 측정하였다. 연구결과, 조사대상자의 흡연률은 53.0%로 나타났으며, 기본적 속성에 따른 흡연상태를 보면, 흡연군은 연령, 직급 및 근무경력이 높은 군에서 그렇지 않은 군보다 유의하게 높은 것으로 나타났다. 직무스트레스 요인별 흡연상태에서는 직무 요구도가 높은 군과 상사의 지지도가 낮은 군에서 흡연군이 유의하게 높은 것으로 나타났다. 연령, 직위 및 근무경력을 조정한 로지스틱 회귀분석 결과 흡연에 대한 위험비는 업무요구도가 낮은 군보다 높은 군에서 유의하게 상승한 반면, 상사의 지지도가 낮은 군보다 높은 군에서 유의하게 감소하였다. 따라서 근로자들이 경험하는 직무스트레스 내용 중 업무요구도와 상사의 지지도는 흡연과 유의한 관련성이 있음을 시사한다.

• 대한치과기공학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.67-85
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• 2009

This study aims to provide the research for dental technician's stress prevention and management with basic materials by understanding dental technician's psychosocial stress level and examining relevant factors. The subject of this study is 255 dental technologists who work mainly in Seoul Gyeonggi district for a month of April of 2009 and I conducted cross-sectional study through self administered survey. The contents of survey include general feature, occupational feature, health behavior feature. I used Karasek's Job Content Questionnaire, JCQ and Psychosocial well-being index, PWI-SF as means of measurement. To compare the level of dental technician's psychosocial stress, I conducted t-test and ANOVA and I measured the factors that are related with psychosocial stress symptom with step by step multiple regressive analysis. According to the result of Cronbach's a value which is yielded to verify the reliability of means of measurement, the reliability of concept is sufficient. The detailed result of this study is as follows. 1. According to the result of analyzing the stress symptom in accordance with general feature and occupational feature, those dental technologists who are older and not married, graduate from junior college, have lower position, work at university hospital or general hospital show lower stress(p<0.05). There is no difference in the level of psychosocial stress with regard to duty related feature, period of service, daily average working hours, monthly average pay. 2. With regard to health behavior feature, those dental technologists who control weight better and have meal more regularly show lower stress(p<0.05). Those dental technicians who smoke, drink liquid and take a suitable sleep show low stress but the difference does not have significance statistically. 3. With regard to the factors of stress in the workplace, those dental technicians who have lower duty related requirement, have higher duty related control ability, have higher social support, have less instability of employment and have less workload and physical burden show lower stress(p<0.05). 4. According to the result of analyzing the factors that influence dental technologist's stress symptom, social support has the most enormous influence on stress symptom. Unstable employment, regular exercise, regular eating, daily average sleeping hours and technological capacity are also important in this order. According to the result of this study, those dental technicians who have higher social support, less instability of employment, do exercise more regularly, take enough sleep more soundly and have higher technological capacity show lower psychosocial stress symptom. Therefore, to adjust appropriately the dental technician's stress and properly maintain and improve the dental technician's mental health, effective management plan that enables dental technicians to maintain smooth human relationships for dental technicians should be sought. In addition, heath education and health management for dental technicians should be given more thoroughly so that they can establish desirable health behavior in daily life.

• 지역사회간호학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.410-419
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• 2007

Purpose: This study is a descriptive survey to find out musculoskeletal symptoms in care workers working at medical welfare facilities for elders and factors affecting such symptoms. Methods: Data were collected from 115 care workers selected through convenient sampling from 6 medical welfare facilities in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do during the period from May 15th to May 19th. 2006. The Korean version of Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) were used. Result: Of the subjects, 81.7% complained of musculoskeletal symptoms in two or more parts of their body. The frequency of body parts with musculoskeletal symptoms was high in order of shoulder, leg/foot, waist, neck/hand/wrist/finger and arm/elbow. The average job insecurity instability in the age group of 50-59 was 9.19, the average degree of regular exercise was 59.68. and the average job demand in those diagnosed with musculoskeletal diseases was 47.06, and the average job demand in those wounded during exercise or by an accident was 47.78, and all these were statistically significant. The heavier physical load in their work was, the higher their complaint of musculoskeletal symptoms was. In the lower social support group, the degree of complaint on musculoskeletal symptoms was remarkably high. Conclusion: The physical load of their duty and social support worked as the factors affecting musculoskeletal symptoms in care workers.

• 한국의료질향상학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.18-39
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• 2006

Background : This study was carried out to examine the changes of job stress after adoption of order communication system(OCS) and its related factors. Methods : Two hundreds and twenty one employees in a university hospital were surveyed 4 months before and 1 year after the OCS had been adopted. Author used Korean version of Karasek's job content questionnaire(K-JCQ) to evaluate job stress. The questionnaire developed by Doll's was used to assess the satisfaction for the OCS. Result : With the adoption of OCS, the scores of skill discretion increased significantly from 29.9 to 30.8 that meant job stress was decreased. In use of OCS, direct user group showed significant increase of skill discretion, whereas the indirect user group showed significant increase in psychological job demand, and it was statistically significant when compared to direct user group(p<0.05). Among the changes in job stress, skill discretion score change was significantly different by age(p<0.05). This study revealed that there was statistically significant relationship between the change of skill discretion score and time computer use, level of satisfaction for content of provided information(p<0.05). And psychological job demand score change was significantly different by time of computer use(p<0.05). Conclusion : Adoption of OCS into hospital may increase job stress, but when it is adopted wisely and appropriately, it may enhance skill discretion of each individual, and decision authority while reducing psychological job demand.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제40권5호
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• pp.351-362
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• 2007

Objectives: The present study was intended to assess the mental health of nurses working for university hospitals and to establish which factors determine their mental health. Methods: Self-administered questionnaires were given to 1,486 nurses employed in six participating hospitals located in Daejeon City and Chungnam Province between July 1 st and August 31st, 2006. The questionnaire items included sociodemographic, job-related, and psychosocial factors, with job stress factors (JCQ) as independent variables and indices of mental health status (PWI, SDS and MFS) as dependent variables. For statistical analysis, the Chi-square test was used for categorical variables, with hierarchical multiple regression used for determining the factors effecting mental health. The influence of psychosocial and job-related factors on mental health status was assessed by covariance structure analysis. The statistical significance was set at p<0.05. Results: The factors influencing mental health status among subject nurses included sociodemographic characteristics such as age, number of hours of sleep, number of hours of leisure, and subjective health status; job-related characteristics such as status, job satisfaction, job suitability, stresses such as demands of the job, autonomy, and coworker support; and psychosocial factors such as self-esteem, locus of control and type A behavior patterns. Psychosocial factors had the greatest impact on mental health. Covariance structure analysis determined that psychosocial factors affected job stress levels and mental health status, and that the lower job stress levels were associated with better mental health. Conclusions: Based on the study results, improvement of mental health status among nurses requires the development and application of programs to manage job stress factors and/or psychosocial factors as well as sociodemographic and job-related characteristics.

• 한국직업건강간호학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.133-143
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• 2006

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between perceived job stress and work environmental factors related with socioeconomics factors and physical burden in the golf caddies. Methods: Job stress in golf caddies was estimated by using the Karasek's job content questionnaire (JCQ) and work environmental factors were estimated by self-reported questionnaire and interview. Results: The subjects were 316 woman caddies who had never been occupationally exposed to hazardous chemicals, was mean age 31.1 years. Mean work duration was 6.44 years and working hours per day on low- and high-demand season were 6.16 and 10.51, respectively. The golf caddies displayed higher scores of job stress due to multiple factors such as working hours and frequency of rounding per week, physical burden, confliction, income satisfaction and employment stability. We found that high strain group was positive correlation with age, career, working hour (including frequency of rounding) and job demand, however, showed negative correlation with job decision latitude and support of supervisor and coworker. Conclusion: In conclusion, we suggest that the golf caddies be regard divided into high strain group as appropriate. Thus, stress management and health promotion program for golf caddies should be developed.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.301-311
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• 2011

본 연구는 사무직 남성 근로자들을 대상으로 이들의 직무스트레스 요인 및 사회심리적 요인과 피로수준 간의 관련성을 파악하며, 피로수준에 유의하게 영향을 미치는 요인들을 규명하고자 하였다. 조사대상은 50인 이상 300인 미만 중소규모 사업장 42개소에 근무하고 있는 사무직 남성 근로자 872명으로 하였으며, 자료수집방법은 2009년 2월 1일부터 2009년 4월 30일까지의 기간 동안에 자기기입식 설문조사를 실시하였다. 연구결과, 조사대상자의 직무스트레스 요인에 따른 피로수준은 업무요구도가 높을수록, 업무의 자율성이 낮을수록, 상사의 지지도가 낮을수록 유의하게 높았다. 사회심리적 요인에 따른 피로수준은 자기존중감이 높을수록 유의하게 높았다. 다중회귀분석을 실시한 결과, 피로수준에 영향을 미치는 요인으로는 연령, 주관적 건강상태, 근무경력, 결근횟수, 직장생활만족도, 규칙적 운동유무, 수면시간, 외래진료유무, 업무요구도, 상사의 지지도 및 자기존중감이 유의한 변수로 선정되었다. 위와 같은 연구결과를 볼 때, 직장인의 피로수준은 인구사회학적 특성, 직업관련 특성 및 건강관련행위의 실천여부 뿐만 아니라, 직무스트레스 요인 및 사회심리적 요인과도 유의한 관련이 있음을 시사하였다.