• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.426-435
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• 2016

Objectives: The major objective of this study was to analyze stress response after a change to consecutive day shifts from day and night shifts in a motor assembly factory. Methods: Using a survey conducted by a labor union, we collected data on stress response index(SRI), lifestyle factors, work-family conflict and job stress before and after a shift system change. We analyzed the transition on the SRI among 222 workers. The cut-off point for the SRI was a T-score over 60. Results: The high risk stress response group was 20.3% of the population before the shift system change. After the shift system change it decreased to 11.3%. After the shift system change, social support improved, leisure time became more sufficient, work-family conflict declined, and sleep quality in the night shift week improved. In multivariable linear regression, among workers under 40 years old sleep quality on night shift, leisure time sufficiency, social support and work-family conflict contributed to the improvement of stress response. Among workers over 40, work-family conflict contributed to the improvement of stress response. Conclusions: The change to consecutive day shifts improved stress response and mediated with improved nighttime sleep, decreased work-family conflict, increased leisure time and improved work-family conflict.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제9권9호
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• pp.268-277
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 우리나라에서 일하고 있는 일부 아시아 및 남미 출신의 외국인 노동자를 중심으로 이들의 건강실태 및 관리현황에 대해서 조사해 외국인 근로자의 건강 증진을 통하여 정신적, 신체적 효율을 증진시키고, 원활한 의료이용과 적절한 의료혜택을 부여하는데 도움이 되고자 한다. 또한 외국인 근로자들을 고용하고 있는 산업체 및 고용주들에도 한국의 산업 발전에 많은 역할을 하고 있는 외국인 근로자들의 건강관리에 도움이 되는 기초 자료를 제공하고자 한다. 2008년 3월1일부터 6월 30일까지 외국인이 고용되어 있는 산업 장을 찾아 231명을 대상으로 회귀분석결과 외국인 근로자들의 일상적인 건강장애에 유의한 영향을 미치는 요인들은 한국에서의 체류기간($\beta$=.270), 의료기관 이용의 어려움($\beta$=.268), 작업장환경위생불량($\beta$=.218), 흡연여부($\beta$=.170), 건강관리실태($\beta$=-.251)등 이었다. ($R^2$=0.501)

• 사회복지연구
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.249-273
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• 2012

본 연구는 응급구조원, 사상 사고를 경험한 지하철승무원, 아동보호전문기관 사회복지사를 대상으로 직종, 심리적 고통, 대리 외상, 일반적 특성에 따른 외상 후 성장을 비교 분석한 연구이다. 분석 결과 첫째, 대리 외상은 세 집단 모두 위험 수준으로 높게 나타났고 특히 지하철승무원의 대리 외상이 높았으며, 외상 후 성장은 사회복지사가 가장 높고 지하철승무원이 가장 낮았다. 둘째, 대리 외상과 외상 후 성장은 상관관계가 유의한 것으로 나타났으며 특히 침습과 회피의 하위항목이 외상 후 성장과 상관관계가 높았다. 셋째, 외상 후 성장에 영향을 미치는 요인은 직종, 침습, 회피, 종교, 성별의 순서로 크게 나타났다. 본 연구에서는 이 결과를 바탕으로 대리 외상 위험 직종에 대한 정신건강서비스 제공과 외상 후 성장의 치료적 적용을 제언하였다.

• 대한불안의학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.45-52
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• 2019

Objective : The objective of this study is to determine the effects of fear of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) on socio-psychological health during an outbreak of MERS and the post-traumatic stress as a mediator on the relationship between stress and socio-psychological health. Methods : Visual Analog Scale, Impact of Event Scale -Revised, Psychosocial well-being index short form was implemented for 150 medical persons who worked at the hospital in which exposure to MERS cases had been confirmed and 96 ordinary people. A Pearson correlation coefficient and a hierarchical multiple regression was carried out to confirm the effect of fear of MERS and the mediating effect of post-traumatic stress between fear and socio-psychological health. Results : The higher the fear, the lower the socio-psychological health in both healthcare workers and the public (r=0.32, p<0.01) and the higher post-traumatic stress (r=0.32, p<0.01). But, the research results showed that only healthcare workers had a partially mediating effect of post-traumatic stress in the relationship between fear and socio-psychological health (${\beta}=0.45$, t=6.33 p<0.001), (${\beta}$ value : 0.39>0.26). Conclusion : This study demonstrated that the post-traumatic stress can indirectly lead to a negative effect on the socio-psychological health of healthcare workers when under the fear of MERS and shows adverse effects on psycho-social wellbeing. This suggests that clinical intervention and psycho-social approach aiming at reducing post-traumatic stress is important to maintain mental health during crisis development.

• 대한임상독성학회지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.31-36
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• 2004

Three workers, field operators in lubricating oil processing of petroleum refinery industry were found unconscious by other worker. One of them who were exposed to an high concentration of H2S was presented with Glasgow Coma Score of 5, severe hypoxemia on arterial blood gas analysis, normal chest radiography, and normal blood pressure. On hospital day 7, his mental state became clear, and neurologic examination showed quadriparesis, profound spasticity, increased tendon reflexes, abnormal Babinski response, and bradykinesia. He was also found to have decreased memory, attention deficits and blunted affect which suggest general cognitive dysfunction, which improved soon. MRI scan showed abnormal signals in both basal ganglia and motor cortex, compatible with clinical findings of motor dysfunction. Neuropsychologic testing showed deficits of cognitive functions. SPECT showed markedly decreased cortical perfusion in frontotemporoparietal area with deep white matter. Another case was recovered completely, but the other expired the next day.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.35-38
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• 2015

Background: Organizational changes that involve healthcare hospital departments and care services of health districts, and ongoing technological innovations and developments in society increasingly expose healthcare workers (HCWs) to work-related stress (WRS). Minimizing occupational exposure to stress requires effective risk stress assessment and management programs. Methods: The authors conducted an integrated analysis of stress sentinel indicators, an integrated analysis of objective stress factors of occupational context and content areas, and an integrated analysis between nurses and physicians of hospital departments and care services of health districts in accordance with a multidimensional validated tool developed in Italy by the National Network for the Prevention of Work-Related Psychosocial Disorders. The purpose of this retrospective observational study was to detect and analyze in different work settings the level of WRS resulting from organizational changes implemented by hospital healthcare departments and care services of health districts in a sample of their employees. Results: The findings of the study showed that hospital HCWs seemed to incur a medium level risk of WRS that was principally the result of work context factors. The implementation of improvement interventions focused on team development, safety training programs, and adopting an ethics code for HCWs, and it effectively and significantly reduced the level of WRS risk in the workplace. Conclusion: In this study HCW resulted to be exposed to occupational stress factors susceptible to reduction. Stress management programs aimed to improve work context factors associated with occupational stress are required to minimize the impact of WRS on workers.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.71-76
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• 2003

Objectives : New organizational work systems, and their impact on the mental health of employees, are considered to beone of the most important topics in the area of industrial health. This study was conducted to compare job characteristics (job demand and decision latitude) levels, and psychosocial distress of workers in acompany introducing to new organizational work systems, to those of workers managed by traditional work systems. Methods ; A study sample of 627 shipbuilding workers (446the new work organizational system and 181 the traditional system) were recruited for this study. A structured-questionnaire was used to assess general characteristics, job characteristics(work demand, decision latitude), and psychosocial distress. Results : The decision latitude was not significantly higher in the new work system compared to the traditional system. However, the job demand was significantly higher in the new work system than in the traditional system. The psychosocial distress was higher within the new work system than the traditional system, but no significant relationships were found. The proportion of increased strain was significantly greater with the new system than the traditional system. Conclusion : These results suggest that increases in the decision latitude did not sufficiently compensate for higher job strain or increased work intensity. If the increase in the decision latitude was temporary, with the typical job demand remaining high, such work can be still be considered to have a job strain Futureresearch should consider psychosocial distress and fatigue as importantproblems caused by new work organizational systems, and should be performed to assess their impact through out industry.

• 한국직업건강간호학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.49-57
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• 2020

Purpose: This study aimed to identify and compare the risk factors of depression among middle-class Korean workers. Methods: A cross sectional study was designed for secondary data analysis. From the 8th Korean Medical Panel Survey (2008~2013), a total of 3,056 data was drawn and analyzed. With SPSS version 24, a developmental stage comparison, with the stage being young adults (20~39), middle-aged adults (40~64), and older adults (65+) were conducted. Frequency, percentage, 𝑥² test and logistic regression analysis were statistical tools used to analyze the data. Results: In all developmental groups, experience of frustration was found to be a common risk factor of depression. Stress from excessive task, peer-compared subjective health status, and self-perceived social class were risk factors of depression in the young adults and the middle-aged adults. Anxiety for the future significantly influenced depression in the middle-aged adults and older adults. Conclusion: Experience of frustration was a major risk factor of depression among Korean middle-class workers. Interventions to reduce depression need to be developed focusing on the specific risk factors by developmental stages such as experience of frustration, stress from task burden, poor peer-compared subjective health status and anxiety for the future.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.100-106
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• 2023

Background: Our study aimed to investigate the mediating role of work-family conflict (WFC) on the relationship between long commutes and workers' anxiety and insomnia. Methods: Our study measured the two dimensions of WFC, time-related, and strain-related, which were considered multiple mediators. The mediating effect of WFC on anxiety and insomnia was investigated by decomposing the total effect into a direct effect (long commuting time → anxiety or insomnia) and an indirect effect (long commuting time → WFC → anxiety or insomnia). The combined indirect effect (joint indirect effect) of strain-related WFC and time-related WFC was estimated. The effects were presented as odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Results: The direct effect of 120 min or longer of commuting time was 1.39 (95% CI: 1.17-1.65) times increase in the odds of anxiety and 1.64 (95% CI: 1.41-1.90) times increase in the odds of insomnia than those whose commuting time was less than 60 min. In the case of indirect effects, those whose commuting time was 120 min or longer had 1.13 times higher odds of anxiety (95% CI: 1.07-1.18) and 1.12 times higher odds of insomnia (95% CI: 1.07-1.17) via WFC. The joint indirect effects accounted for 26.4% and 18.5% of the total effect on anxiety and insomnia, respectively. The longer the commuting time, the stronger both direct and indirect effects. Conclusions: Our findings highlight the mediating effect of WFC on the relationship between long commuting times and workers' anxiety and insomnia.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제18권10호
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• pp.382-393
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• 2018

치매환자는 꾸준히 증가하는 추세로 사회적 문제로 대두되고 있으며, 환자들에게 서비스를 제공하는 자들에 대한 처우의 관심도 증가하고 있다. 따라서 본 연구는 치매환자를 돌보는 요양원 종사자의 돌봄 경험을 살펴보고, 그들의 감정노동, 소진이 직무스트레스와 만족에 미치는 영향과 돌봄 경험의 조절효과를 분석하였다. 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 요양병원 종사자의 돌봄 경험은 초기 간호사 마음가짐, 초기 간호수행(돌봄)시 치매환자에 대한 인식, 업무수행(돌봄)과정의 애로사항, 돌봄 과정에서 생기는 신체적 정신적 한계, 업무수행(돌봄)과정의 만족, 치매환자 간호수행(돌봄)을 통한 경험, 개인적 삶에 대한 마음가짐의 변화로 나타났다. 둘째, 감정노동과 소진은 직무스트레스에 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며, 이 과정에서 돌봄 경험은 감정노동과 소진이 직무 스트레스에 미치는 영향을 유의하게 조절(완화)하는 역할을 하는 것으로 나타났다. 마지막으로 직무 스트레스와 직무 만족 간의 관계는 지지되었다.