• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.85-96
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• 2006

The oriental life change unit(LCU) models differ from the western LCU model in human behavior, life style, ideas, culture, and psychology factors. Especially, the cause and effect models by behavior scientific approach method have provided the accident proneness concept through the LCU factors. Therefore this paper describes the analytical results of the oriental LCU model and western LCU model. Especially, the death of parents and death of close friend in Korean LCU model feel more acute stress than the western factors. In the case of Korean LCU models between the unmarried and married workers living in the middle area of Korea, death of parents, change in family member's health, change to different line of work, and change in work hours and condition are significant at the significance level of 5%. The priority of life change factors in these models is approved in the order of death of parents, death of spouse, death of close family member, and death of close friend. Finally, the result of this paper can be easily used in order to minimize the industrial accidents by the job stress with the worker and safety manager in real fields.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.81-90
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• 2007

2005년 9월부터 2006년 8월까지 부산대학교병원 구강내과 구강안면통증 클리닉에 측두하악장애를 주소로 내원한 재발환자 33명과 초진환자 32명(대조군)을 대상으로 사회적 재적응 평정척도 설문지를 이용하여 생활변화를 조사 분석한 결과 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. TMD 재발환자와 대조군의 생활변화량, 즉 LCU 총점은 $7{\sim}12$개월 이내에는 각각 평균 51.61점과 20.38점으로 재발군이 대조군에 비해 유의한 차이를 나타냈다(P<0.05). 2. TMD 재발환자군은 최근 1년간 생활상의 변화를 대조군에 비해 좀 더 많이 경험하는 경향을 보였다. 3. 연령 및 학령에 따른 TMD 재발군과 대조군의 차이와 고령층과 저령층간 생활변화의 차이는 인정할 수 없었다. 4. 미혼자군과 기혼자군간 생활상의 변화에 유의한 차이는 인정할 수 없었다.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.63-74
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• 1987

The life changes of TMJ patients were evaluated through the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS) questionnaire. 61 female TMJ patients and 80 dental new female outpatients were studied at the TMJ Clinics, Department of Oral Diagnosis, PNUH from February to September 1987. The obtained results were as follows; 1. The life change unit (LCU) totals and number of life events in the TMJ patients were significantly higher than those in the control subjects, especially during the 1-6 months before presentation for the hospital. 2. There was no significant difference in the number of the high-scored (over 150 LCU totals) between the TMJ patients and the control subjects. 3. There was a significant difference in LCU totals and life events between the TMJ patients and the control subjects by age, despite no difference in LCU totals and life events between the young and the advanced subgroups. 4. The LCU totals and the number of life events in the TMJ patients over 13-year-school age were significantly higher than those in the control subjects over 13-year-school age and the TMJ patients under 12-year-school age. 5. The married subgroup in the TMJ patients showed no significant difference in LCU totals and life events as compared with the unmarried one. 6. Categorizing life events into 6 items (marital life, health, occupation, family, finances and social), the TMJ patients had the higher frequencies in marital life and occupation than the control.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.505-510
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• 2021

Background: Factors related to root causes can cause commonly occurring accidents such as falls, slips, and jammed injuries. An important means of reducing the frequency of occupational accidents in small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMSEs) of South Korea is to perform intensity analysis of the root cause factors for accident prevention in the cause and effect model like decision models, epidemiological models, system models, human factors models, LCU (life change unit) models, and the domino theory. Especially intensity analysis in a robot system and smart technology as Industry 4.0 is very important in order to minimize the occupational accidents and fatal accident because of the complexity of accident factors. Methods: We have developed the modern cause and effect model that includes factors of root cause through statistical testing to minimize commonly occurring accidents and fatal accidents in SMSEs of South Korea and systematically proposed educational policies for accident prevention. Results: As a result, the consciousness factors among factors of root cause such as unconsciousness, disregard, ignorance, recklessness, and misjudgment had strong relationships with occupational accidents in South Korean SMSEs. Conclusion: We conclude that the educational policies necessary for minimizing these consciousness factors include continuous training procedures followed by periodic hands-on experience, along with perceptual and cognitive education related to occupational health and safety.