• Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Science
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.191-196
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• 2018

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of 5 different personalities on job stress in physical therapists. Design: Descriptive cross-sectional study. Methods: Structured self-report questionnaires consisted of demographic items, 5 types of personalities, and occupational stress. A questionnaire was distributed to 420 physical therapists working in Seoul and Incheon who had voluntarily agreed to participate in the study after the purpose of the study was explained. Of the 420 questionnaires, 405 questionnaires were collected and showed a recovery rate of 96.4%, of which 28 cases were excluded, leaving a total of 377 questionnaires being used for analyses. Pearson correlation analysis was performed to investigate the correlation of job stress and five personalities types. In addition, multiple regression analysis was performed to investigate the effect of general and occupational characteristics of physical therapist on job stress and the effect of personality type on occupational stress. All statistical significance levels were set at p<0.05. Results: The highest number of subjects, which were the physical therapists, showed the tendency to have a sincere personality, followed by affinity, openness, extroversion, and neuroticism. Physical therapists reported to be the most stressed in the order of professional role conflict, overload of work, work relation with a physician and supervisor, interpersonal relationship with patient and caregiver. The higher the level of affinity and sincerity, the lower the amount of stress received by the therapist from the interpersonal relationships between the patient and caregivers. On the other hand, the greater the level of openness and sincerity, the lower the stress levels related to professional role conflict. Conclusions: This study showed that the personality type and job stress of physiotherapists had a statistically significant effect. It is very important for physiotherapists to find their own way of coping with stress, which is satisfactory and appropriate for their job, because it is related not only to individual problems but also to the quality of patient care and medical services. Therefore, it is necessary to continue conducting research on how to relieve the stress levels of physical therapists according to their personality characteristics.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.397-405
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• 2015

본 연구는 직업적 음성사용자들의 음성증상 및 음성건강 관련 서비스 인지도를 알아보기 위해 실시되었다. 교사, 텔레마케터, 치료사들을 대상으로 음성증상의 유무 및 유형, 음성건강 관련 서비스 인지도를 알아본 결과 교사(91.8%), 텔레마케터(97.9%), 치료사(86%)들은 한 가지 이상의 음성증상을 보고하였다. 증상 유형은 '열감, 마름, 마른기침, 통증, 가래생김, 따끔거림, 쉼, 목소리 갈라짐, 부어오름'의 9가지로 분류되었고, 세 집단 모두에서 '마름' 증상이 가장 많았다. 교사의 85.7%, 텔레마케터의 87.8%, 치료사의 66%는 음성사용 관련 전문가의 도움을 받은 경험이 없었으며, '음성언어치료사'와 '언어치료사' 모두를 아는 경우는 각각 19.6%, 19.9%, 72%였다. 음성의 효율적 사용법에 대해 교사의 36.8%, 텔레마케터의 43.6%가 잘 알지 못한다고 하였으며, 교사의 45.3%, 텔레마케터의 43.6%, 치료사의 28%는 음성전문가의 도움이 필요하다고 답했다. 조사 결과, 직업적 음성사용자들의 상당수가 음성증상을 경험하지만 음성건강 관련 전문적 서비스에 대한 인지도는 낮은 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.240-247
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• 2021

본 연구의 목적은 라쉬분석을 통해 작업치료사의 전문직 정체성의 수준 및 특성을 파악하고, 추후 작업치료사 정체성에 연구의 기초로 활용하는 것이다. 연구 대상자는 현재 작업치료사로 종사하고 있는 88명을 대상으로 2020년 5월부터 6월까지 구글 온라인 설문조사를 실시하였다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS 22.0 빈도와 기술통계, Winsteps 3.8.0 항목 및 대상자 적합도, 항목난이도, 평정척도, 분리 신뢰도 등 라쉬분석을 하였다. 분석 결과 대상자 중 17명(16.3%)가 부적합, 항목은 25항목 중 5개(20%) 부적합으로 나타났다. 항목난이도는 '나는 체계적으로 작업치료 전문 간행물(소식지, 신문 등)을 읽는다' 항목이 가장 높은 난이도이며, '나는 내가 할 일에 대하여 스스로 결정한다'가 가장 낮은 난이도를 보였다. 평정척도는 3점 척도가 적합한 것으로 나타났고, 분리신뢰도는 .86~.95이었다. 작업치료사의 전문직 정체성에 대한 수준과 특성 파악하고, 항목 및 대상자 적합도, 항목난이도를 라쉬분석을 통해 파악할 수 있었다. 향후 다양한 표본집단을 대상으로 연구가 진행되어야 할 것이며, 작업치료사만을 위한 전문직 정체성 측정 도구 개발 및 업무 특성에 맞는 항목이 제시되기를 기대한다.

• 대한통합의학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.91-100
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• 2021

Purpose : This study aims to investigate the awareness of occupational therapists among managers and directors of adult day care centers in Korea to explore the cause of the low employment rate of these therapists and offer the results as basic data that can be used to expand occupational therapy at adult day care centers. Methods : This study collected data by conducting an online questionnaire with managers and directors of adult day care centers located in Seoul, Busan, Incheon, Daejeon, Gwangju, and Ulsan. A total of 70 completed questionnaires were divided into two groups a 'group with experience in occupational therapy information (OT experience)' and a 'group with no experience in occupational therapy information (OT inexperience)' and analyzed. Results : First, the 'OT experience' was found to have higher levels of awareness of the scope of work of occupational therapists than the 'OT inexperience'. Second, significant differences were found in the degree of awareness and necessity of occupational therapists and plans to employ occupational therapists later between the 'OT experience' and the 'OT inexperience'. Third, it was shown that there were significant correlations between whether the respondents were familiar with occupational therapy and the degree of awareness and necessity of occupational therapists and plans to employ occupational therapists later. Conclusion : Based on these findings, the following measures are recommended to expand the area of occupational therapy in adult day care centers, the need for occupational therapists should be mentioned in the health and welfare-related education for workers at these adult day care centers, policies such as a medical fee system for occupational therapy at these adult day care centers should be prepared.

• The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.95-102
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• 2010

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze the necessity of home visit rehabilitation therapy by rehabilitation professionals working at social welfare facilities. Methods: The subjects of this study were 227 rehabilitation professionals (social worker, nurse, physical therapist, occupational therapist, speech-language therapist, special education teacher, and staff of institutions for the disabled who were working at community rehabilitation centers. The data were collected over 65 days (2008. 09. 10~11. 14). The results were analysed statistically by the Chi-square test. Results: The results are as follows: Long-term care service was established in Korea by the Ministry of Health in July, 2008. But there are limits to their being able to provide various rehabilitation services for chronic patients and old people. According to a recent survey, almost all rehabilitation professionals (N=227) stated that home visit rehabilitation therapy is necessary. Conclusion: In Korea, the long-term care service has a nursing service and a service supporting physical activities of daily living, but not physical therapy. So, home visit rehabilitation services should include physical therapy, rehabilitation exercise, and pain management.

• The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.119-124
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• 2009

Purpose: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) lifting equation (NLE) is a useful tool to ergonomically analyze a workload. The NLE has high reliability and it can assess tasks by analyzing the work process. The purpose of this case study was to try using the NLE to analyze the workload of transferring patients by physical therapists in the hospital setting. Methods: We observed a physical therapist (PT) transferring patients from a wheelchair to a tilt table and a therapeutic table in one day. Two types of patient transferring methods were evaluated; (1) the manual single person method of stand, pivot and transfer, and (2) manual two person lifting under the thigh and grasping the waist for totally dependent patients. Results: The NIOSH lifting indexes of a person grasping the waist during the manual two person lifting were 5.52~4.48 according to the patient's weight. The NIOSH lifting indexes were 3.34 and 4.48 for the tasks performed by the manual single person method. Conclusion: Because transferring patients is not done very frequently, patients transferring tasks by a PT are not included as one of the musculoskeletal disorder related risky work criteria of the Korea Ministry of Labor. But the NIOSH lifting indexes of a person grasping the waist during the manual two person lifting and the manual single person method were over the NIOSH recommended weight limit threshold.

• 대한물리치료과학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.861-877
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• 1999

The hand is a very specialized organ that functions to obtain information and to execute motor acts essential to human interaction with the environment. Loss of hand function through infections affects the mechanical tasks that the hand performs and psychological adjustments to their disability. Infection is a disastrous complication of hand injuries and adequacy of circulation is of greatest importance to prevention of infection. Careful debridement, incision, and adequate drainage and antibacterial treatment are of great importance. Optimal care of the infected hand demands that carefully surgical care, early postoperative exercises and other therapy. Hand rehabilitation has grown as a specialty area of both physical and occupational therapy. It is essential that the surgeon and therapist work together, and communicate freely-all of which generally require daily contact. Treating the psychological loss suffered by the patient with a hand infections is an integral part of the rehabilitation therapy as well. Treatment techniques, Whether thermal modalities or specifically designed exercises, are used as a bridge to reach a further goal of returning to functional performance.

• 대한정형도수물리치료학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.43-51
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• 2017

Background: This study was carried out to compare the effects of shoulder stabilization exercise and thoracic extension exercise including deep neck flexor exercise on posture and pain targeting physical therapists and occupational therapists with forward head posture. Methods: A total of 30 physical therapists and occupational therapists (15 males, 15 females), who are working in the nursing hospital at Daejeon, were randomly divided into a shoulder stabilization group (n=10), a thoracic extension exercise (n=10), and a control group (n=10), and 3 times were carried out for 8 weeks. Results: In the results of all measurements, 2 groups except for the control group showed a significant change in the recovery of forward head posture, and the should stabilization exercise group showed a relatively superior effect compared to the thoracic extension exercise group. Conclusions: These results of a study will be a basic data for the development of the forward head posture exercise therapy program.

• 대한통합의학회지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.63-69
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• 2020

Purpose : Various research studies are needed to raise the perception of the CE of Korean physical therapists. However, there are little studies have been conducted, and relatively few studies are available to read on online. The purpose of the study is to find out the differences in the perception of CE according to the physical therapist's academic background. In this way, this article intends to strengthen the perception of the CE of health-care workers, such as physical therapists and occupational therapists in the Republic of Korea so that contributing to the development of national health. Methods : Present study showed that 431 out of 563 people who participated in the two meetings of CE conducted by the Gwangju Metropolitan City of the Korea Physical Therapy Association responded in the survey in 2015. Among them, only 238 people were surveyed on the awareness of CE in 2014, excluding 181 questionnaires due to poor responses and 112 questionnaires that did not participate in CE in the previous year. Descriptive analyses were conducted to identify the perception among those who experienced CE, and simple linear regression analysis was performed using dummy variables to identify awareness of the education based on their academic background. Results : Question 3 (p=.000, R2=.067) was significant in the significance test of the regression equation for perception of the CE (p<.05). Question 1 (p=.687), 2 (p=.066), 4 (p=.430), 5 (p=.085), and 6 (p=.054), 7 (p=.111), 8 (p=.088), 9 (p=.213), 10 (p=.191) and 11 (p=. 169), the regression formula was not significant (p>.05). Conclusion : Physical therapists had a moderate perception of the need for a CE and had the idea that improvements were required in what was provided in that education. In addition, there was no statistically significant difference, although there was a greater awareness of CE in the Master of Science Course or higher than college or university graduates.

• 대한지역사회작업치료학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.45-54
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• 2018

목적 : 모바일 언어를 주 의사소통으로 사용하는 작업치료 전공 대학생들에게 글쓰기 프로그램을 적용하여 그 영향을 알아보고자 하였다. 연구방법 : 본 연구는 대학교 신입생 7명에게 주 1회, 2시간씩 총 10회기 동안 글쓰기 프로그램을 진행하고 추천된 도서를 읽은 후 독후감으로 총 2회 원고지 작성을 하게 한 후 첨삭 지도를 실시하였다. 글쓰기 프로그램을 통한 글쓰기 전략에 대한 변화는 자가 설문지를 사용하였고 원고지 작성에 대한 변화는 첨삭 지도 횟수를 확인하였다. 결과 : 자가 설문 결과 참여자들은 글쓰기 프로그램 참여 후 글의 논리적인 면이나 글의 일관성을 생각하게 되었고 글을 쓴 후 문법적인 면을 검토하고 문장을 수정하게 되었다는 내용의 문항에서 통계적으로 유의한 변화를 보였다. 첨삭 지도 횟수도 1차 첨삭 지도 횟수보다 2차 첨삭 지도 횟수가 평균 7회 이상 줄어들었다. 결론 : 작업치료사에게 중요한 직무 중 하나인 문서 작성을 위해 보다 논리적이고 문법적인 면에서 오류가 없는 글을 작성하기 위한 체계적인 교육이 필요할 것이다.