Job Stress and Work-Related Musculoskeletal Symptoms of 119 Emergency Medical Technicians / 산업간호학회지
Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
; : 223-235, 2010.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-159547
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
This study was done to investigate the prevalence of job stress and musculoskeletal symptoms, and to identify the factors that affect work-related musculoskeletal symptoms of the 119 Emergency medical technicians (EMT).METHOD:
From August 26 to September 10, 2010, the data were obtained from 456 EMT working in Daejeon city or Choongnam province. For data analysis, descriptive statistics and multiple logistic regression were performed using SAS version 9.1.RESULTS:
Physical environment, job demand, interpersonal conflict, and occupational climate were stressful to 119 EMT. The prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms of female EMT was higher than those of the male EMT's. After gender and age were adjusted, there ware significant relationships between musculoskeletal symptoms and some risk factors including occupational class, hours of intensive musculoskeletal use, previous injury or work-related injury, physical burden, and job stress. Overall, a higher degree of job stress increased musculoskeletal symptoms.CONCLUSION:
Job stress is a major cause of musculoskeletal symptoms. To prevent and manage musculoskeletal disease of 119 EMT, there is a need to develop a management program for musculoskeletal symptoms to reduce occupational stress, considering gender differences.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Phenothiazines
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Logistic Models
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Prevalence
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Risk Factors
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Statistics as Topic
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Climate
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Musculoskeletal Diseases
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Emergencies
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Emergency Medical Technicians
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Etiology study
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Prevalence study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
Year:
2010
Document type:
Article