Investigation and analysis of menstrual disorders in 845 air crew / 中国实用妇科与产科杂志

OBJECTIVE: To study the influencing factors of menstrual disorder in flight attendants,and to do a good job in prevention and education.METHODS: Totally 845 qualified flight attendants of an airline company in 2018 were selected and questionnaires were conducted to list the possible influencing factors of menstrual disorder: mental factors,poor sleep,excessive fatigue,polar airlines,irregular diet,and menstrual flight.RESULTS: Among 845 respondents,312 crew members had menstrual disorders in the past year,accounting for 36.92%.Among them,dysfunctional uterine bleeding occurred most,accounting for 51.28%,followed by dysmenorrhea,premenstrual syndrome and amenorrhea.Univariate analysis showed that the incidence of sleep disorder,mental factors,excessive fatigue,irregular diet,menstrual flight and polar flight in the menstrual disorder group was significantly higher than that in the normal menstrual group(P<0.05).Logistic stepwise regression analysis showed that poor sleep,excessive fatigue,mental factors,irregular diet,menstrual flight(OR = 20.747,11.982,5.590,4.284,3.120,P<0.01),and polar airlines were removed from the equation(OR=0.741,P=0.389).CONCLUSION: The special working nature of flight attendants is more likely to lead to menstrual disorders.Sleep quality and excessive fatigue are the main factors of menstrual disorders.

The Relationships among Needs for Health Promotion Programs according to Emotional Labor and Heathy Lifestyle of Flight Attendants / 산업간호학회지

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to figure out emotional labor, healthy lifestyle, needs for health services of flight attendants and the relationships among needs for health services according to various characteristics of flight attendants. METHODS: The participants of this study were 140 flight attendants who work on major and low cost airlines. Data were collected through a questionnaire from 2017 .Jan.~2017. Feb. Data were subsequently analyzed using the SPSS 21 Program. RESULTS: The score of emotional labor was 3.76 surface acting was 3.75 and deep acting was 3.77. The average of healthy lifestyle was 2.41, and the highest was 3.13 of personal relationship and the lowest was 1.91 of eating habits. There is a positive correlation between emotional labor-deep acting and healthy lifestyle. Flight attendants demand health services for physical exercise, stress and emotional labor management, healthy eating habits, emergency treatment, prevention of fatigue, cancer screening, sexual harassment prevention, sex education and etc. CONCLUSION: These results show that flight attendants need to various interventions for improving healthy lifestyle and reducing emotional labor. It is necessary to develop customized health promotion program suited to their job and general characteristics.

Evaluation of flight attendants' ocular surface after different refractive corrections / 国际眼科杂志(Guoji Yanke Zazhi)

AIM:To evaluate flight attendants' ocular surface after different refractive corrections. ·METHODS:Forty-two flight attendants (84 eyes) were enrolled in the study. Those flight attendants, who were followed up from September 2014 to September 2016, all followed the doctor's orders. According to different refractive corrections, those flight attendants were divided into 4 groups: corneal refractive surgery group, soft contact lens group, rigid gas permeable contact lens ( RGP) group and control group without any refractive corrections. OSDI scores, tear meniscus heights, BUTs, fluorescein staining scores and Schirmer's tests were taken and analyzed. ·RESULTS: Compared with the control group, OSDI scores were worse, tear meniscus heights ( TMH ) were reduced, BUTs were shortened, fluorescein staining(FS) scores were worse, Schirmer's Tests ( SⅠt) were shorter in soft contact lens group and corneal refractive surgery group (P0. 05 ) . There was no significant difference in lid margin abnormalities among the four groups (F=3. 82, P=0. 45). ·CONCLUSION: RGP can improve flight attendants'ocular surface micro-environment.

Mulher, tempo e trabalho: o cotidiano de mulheres comissárias de voo / Mujer, tempo y trabajo: la vida cotidiana de mujeres azafatas / Woman, work and time: the daily life of women flight attendants

Este artigo aborda como mulheres mães, que atuam como comissárias de voo, percebem e organizam suas vidas cotidianas, abordando vivências e práticas em relação à organização temporal e espacial do trabalho na aviação. A relevância deste tema decorre das especificidades na organização temporal e espacial do trabalho, peculiaridades com relação à gestão da vida cotidiana e os possíveis atravessamentos da questão de gênero nesse universo laboral. Este estudo faz uma interlocução com a discussão sobre tempo e trabalho. Com inspiração no método cartográfico, foram entrevistadas seis mulheres mães comissárias de voo. Os discursos revelaram outras formas de gerenciar a casa e a maternidade, outros modelos de relação com filhos, amigos e familiares e uma concepção de trabalho que nos faz problematizar o que concebemos como penoso e gerador de sofrimento a partir dessas experiências que se dão em territórios existenciais pouco habitados.

Este artículo aborda como las mujeres madres, en calidad de azafatas, perciben y organizan su vida diaria, abordando experiencias y prácticas en relación con la organización espacial y temporal de trabajo en la aviación. La relevancia de este tema radica en la organización espacial y temporal específico de este trabajo, peculiaridades con respecto a la gestión de la vida cotidiana y las posibles influencias de la cuestión de género en el mundo laboral. Este estudio es un diálogo con la discusión de tiempo y trabajo. Inspirado por el método cartográfico, se entrevistaron seis mujeres asistentes de vuelo madres. Los discursos revelan otras maneras de administrar el hogar y la maternidad, otros tipos de relaciones con los hijos, los amigos y la familia y una concepción del trabajo que nos hace discutir lo que concebimos como doloroso y generador de sufrimiento en experiencias que se producen en territorios existenciales escasamente poblada.

This article discusses how women mothers who work as flight attendants perceive and organize their daily lives, discussing experiences and practices in relation to spatial and temporal organization of work in aviation. The relevance of this issue arises in the specific temporal and spatial organization of work, peculiarities regarding the management of everyday life and possible influences of gender issues in the working world. This study is a dialogue with the discussion of time and effort. Draws on the mapping method, six flight attendants women mothers were interviewed. The speeches revealed other ways of managing the home and motherhood, other types of relationships with children, friends and family and an understanding of work that makes us to question what we conceive as painful and suffering generator from these experiences that occur in existential territories sparsely populated.

The Factors Affecting Physical Fitness Level of Female Flight Attendants / 한국직업건강간호학회지

PURPOSE: This study is aimed at obtaining the information on the physical fitness level of female flight attendants at a local airline. METHODS: The subjects are 2,409 female flight attendants who have had medical examination and physical fitness tests at an airline medical center from January 2 to December 30, 2008. The independent variables include socio-demographic & behavioral characteristics, and medical examination results, whereas the dependent variable is their physical strength score representing their fitness level. RESULTS: Factors that affect the fitness strength score are age, flight hours per year, and fasting blood sugar level. It is found that physical fitness level is higher when the subjects are over 35, on board for over 850 hours per year and their fasting blood sugar level is over 100 mg/dL. CONCLUSION: It is concluded that for the improvement of flight attendants' health, more exercise to develop cardio-respiratory endurance and muscular strength is needed, and further study needs to be done to develop fitness enhancement programs considering flight attendants' job characteristics, working years, and flight hours per year, and programs for those returning to their workplace after a long-term leave, and new employees.

Self-reported Cabin Environment and Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WMSDs) among Female Flight Attendants on Long-haul International Flights / 항공우주의학회지

Physical environmental factors have been found to increase the risk for work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) in a variety of occupations. To date little is known about the influence of physical environmental factors in the cabin of an airplane on WMSDs among flight attendants. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between self-reported physical environment factors in the cabin and WMSDs in the neck, shoulder, upper back, and lower back among U.S. female flight attendants on long-haul international flights. A cross-sectional mailed survey was conducted with 185 female fight attendants working on long-haul international flights. The physical environment measure included 12 items regarding cabin-air quality, noise, lighting, and whole-body vibration. WMSDs were measured by the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Symptom Survey. The percentage of flight attendants who had WMSDs for each body region varied from 31% to 54%. The majority (>80%) of the flight attendants often or always experienced low humidity, stuffy air, and little air movement while working in the cabin. Being frequently exposed to unfavorable cabin environmental factors increased the risk of neck (OR=2.89), shoulder (OR=2.96), and upper-back WMSDs (OR=2.14). Cabin environmental factors should be taken into account when examining the risk factors for WMSDs.

Risk Factors for Work Related Low Back Pain in Civil Airline Flight Attendants / 항공우주의학회지

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to identify risk factors for low back pain in order to provide basic information for intervention programs to prevent low back pain in civil airline flight attendants. METHODS: Cross sectional observation was used by using systematic randomized sampling method. Among 1,764 study population, 398 people were selected. For statistical analysis, 210 completed questionnaires were used. Data was analyzed using SPSS 11.0 for t-test, chi square and regression. RESULTS: 1. Positive low back pain rate was 58.7% in the whole study group. In the highest positive group age ranged between 25 to 29 years, and career duration between 37 to 60 months. 2. According to job position, the risk of low back pain was the highest in economy class senior, cabin sales charge, and economy class junior group. On the contrary, cabin manager was the lowest risk group. 3. According to the average score of job stress, low job control and low supervisory support were each associated with higher positive rate of low back pain. 4. Wide degree of bending, more frequent waist movement and heavy lifting showed high positive rate of low back pain. CONCLUSION: Low back pain prevention program should be developed on the basis of the confirmed risk factors. These data will be helpful to provide prevention strategy and to promote intervention program for low back pain in airline flight attendants.