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KMID : 1138720200460040075
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Korean Public Health Research
2020 Volume.46 No. 4 p.75 ~ p.83
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Relationship between Frequency of Conversation about Radiation and Anxiety among Aircrew
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Shin Hyeong-Ho
Park Sang-Shin
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study examined the relationship between the frequency of conversation about radiation and anxiety among aircrew who are exposed to cosmic radiation.
Methods: We executed an online survey for aircrew in September 2019 in order to identify the frequency of conversation about radiation as an independent variable and radiation anxiety as a dependent variable. We identified the general characteristics of the aircrew and performed a univariable linear regression analysis to investigate the relationship between frequency of conversation about radiation and anxiety. After that, we performed multivariable linear regression analysis with adjusting for age, gender, and radiation knowledge scores.
Results: The frequency of conversation about radiation between fellow aircrew was 10.3±13.0 times per year while the frequency of conversation between non-aircrew members was 5.0±9.6 times. The radiation anxiety was 4.36±0.47 points. Radiation anxiety according to the frequency of conversation showed statistically significant result with a p-value less than 0.05 in both univariable and multivariable linear regression analysis results.
Conclusions: Radiation anxiety among Korean aircrew increased as frequency of conversation about radiation increased.
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KEYWORD
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Aircrew, anxiety, conversation, radiation
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