Musculoskeletal Symptoms and Related Factors of Golf Caddies / 대한산업의학회지
Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
;
: 92-102, 2004.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-145504
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
This study evaluated the complaint rates of musculoskeletal symptoms and investigated the related factors of musculoskeletal symptoms in the caddies.METHODS:
For 316 caddies working at 6 regular golf courses, we used the self-recording questionnaires to examine general characteristics, job stress factors, subjective musculoskeletal symptoms designed by NIOSH, working environments, and working contents.RESULTS:
The complaint rates of musculoskeletal symptoms according to the musculoskeletal criteria of NIOSH were 41.8% in the leg/knee/ankle/foot, 35.8% in the shoulder, 35.8% in the upper back/lower back, 28.8% in the neck, and 28.5% in the arm/wrist/fingers. Important factors affecting musculoskeletal symptoms were daily working hours during the high-demand season in all anatomical sites except the arm/wrist/fingers. Other related factors were degrees of winding and inclined in the golf courses, violent language and violence of customers, inability to regulate the velocity and work load control, heavy physical burden, instability of employment, and possibility of unemployment according to the specialty of caddies. As a results of multivariate logistic regression analysis, musculoskeletal symptoms of the neck, shoulders, back/lower back and leg/knee/ankle/foot were significantly influenced by working time over 12 hours in the high-demand season, and symptoms of the arm/wrist/fingers by low decision latitude (P<0.05).CONCLUSIONS:
The complaint rates of musculoskeletal symptoms in the caddies were affected by working time over 12 hours and low decision latitude against excessively high psychological job demand.
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Main subject:
Seasons
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Shoulder
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Unemployment
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Violence
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Wind
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Logistic Models
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Employment
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Golf
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Neck
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Year:
2004
Type:
Article
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