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KMID : 1003720150240030162
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Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
2015 Volume.24 No. 3 p.162 ~ p.172
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Factors Affecting Musculoskeletal Symptoms of Teachers in Child Care Centers
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Kim Il-Ok
Yeom Gye-Jeong
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was to explore factors affecting musculoskeletal symptoms of the child care centers’ teachers in Korea.
Methods: This study was a descriptive research, using a cross-sectional survey. Convenience samples of 230 child care centers’ teachers aged 20 to 65 were selected. A self-administered questionnaire was used to measure general characteristics, job-related characteristics, exercise habit, fatigue and musculoskeletal symptoms of the body parts. The data were analyzed with the SPSS/WIN 21.0 program.
Results: Shoulder pain (73.5%), low back pain (72.6%) and wrist/hand pain (57.8%) were the most common musculoskeletal symptoms. Shoulder pain significantly differed depending on the age of children in charge at the child care center (p＜.047). The exercise habit was related to low back pain (p＜.028) and the career was linked to wrist/hand pain (p＜.046). The logistic regression analysis revealed exercise habit and fatigue were the risk factors on musculoskeletal symptoms of many body parts.
Conclusion: These results suggest that interventions targeting the child care centers’ teachers should be considered job-related characteristics and fatigue in order to prevent musculoskeletal disorder. Thus, there continues to be a need to develop exercise program for the child care centers’ teachers
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KEYWORD
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Child care centers’ teachers, Musculoskeletal symptoms, Fatigue, Exercise
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