Factors Affecting Musculoskeletal Symptoms of Teachers in Child Care Centers.
10.5807/kjohn.2015.24.3.162
- Author:
Il OK KIM
1
;
Gye Jeong YEOM
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Sahmyook University, Seoul, Korea. salt42@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Child care centers' teachers;
Musculoskeletal symptoms;
Fatigue;
Exercise
- MeSH:
Child;
Child Care*;
Child*;
Cross-Sectional Studies;
Fatigue;
Human Body;
Humans;
Korea;
Logistic Models;
Low Back Pain;
Risk Factors;
Shoulder Pain
- From:Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
2015;24(3):162-172
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
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.
