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Heart Arrest ; Holidays

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relations between fatigue and work-related factors in workers. METHODS: A total of 204 subjects aged between 21 and 59 were selected through convenient sampling. Data were collected with a self-reported questionnaire from May 20 to 31, 2011. Collected data were analyzed with SPSS/WIN 17.0. RESULTS: Difference in fatigue according to general characteristics was significant according to duty type. Difference in fatigue according to occupational characteristics was significant according to work intensity, work speed, demand of work concentration, work space, physical environment, largest weight by hands, vibration, visual demand of work, difficulty of work practice, work stress, and rest hours in holiday. There was a positive correlation between fatigue and occupational characteristics. Stepwise multiple regression analyses showed that educational level, work intensity, and rest hours in holiday were the strongest factors associated with fatigue (R2=.363 p<.001). These factors explained fatigue by 36.3%. CONCLUSION: The findings of this study may be useful in understanding workers' fatigue and developing more specific fatigue relief programs.
Fatigue* ; Hand ; Holidays ; Occupations ; Vibration ; Surveys and Questionnaires

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relations between fatigue and work-related factors in workers. METHODS: A total of 204 subjects aged between 21 and 59 were selected through convenient sampling. Data were collected with a self-reported questionnaire from May 20 to 31, 2011. Collected data were analyzed with SPSS/WIN 17.0. RESULTS: Difference in fatigue according to general characteristics was significant according to duty type. Difference in fatigue according to occupational characteristics was significant according to work intensity, work speed, demand of work concentration, work space, physical environment, largest weight by hands, vibration, visual demand of work, difficulty of work practice, work stress, and rest hours in holiday. There was a positive correlation between fatigue and occupational characteristics. Stepwise multiple regression analyses showed that educational level, work intensity, and rest hours in holiday were the strongest factors associated with fatigue (R2=.363 p<.001). These factors explained fatigue by 36.3%. CONCLUSION: The findings of this study may be useful in understanding workers' fatigue and developing more specific fatigue relief programs.
Fatigue* ; Hand ; Holidays ; Occupations ; Vibration ; Surveys and Questionnaires

The authors investigated the death days of 246 people who committed suicide and converted them into their respective days in lunar calendar in order to see if there are any correlations with the cycle of months. The cycle of the months was divided into the first quarter, full moon, last quarter, and the new moon. The death days were investigated by daily statistics each, and they were investigated in relation with the cycle of the months regarding the occurrence of suicide, holidays, and weekends. There were twice as many people committing suicide when the moon is dark than when it is full moon, but there weren't much significance when judging from the big context. There were three times as many people committing suicide in a short period of time when the moon is dark than when it is full moon, but there wasn't much significance when judging from the big context. There wasn't anything special about suicide in daily basis. There wasn't a big inclination in the number of people committing suicide over holidays or weekends despite common belief. If we find the correlation between the psychological factors and the actions of those who commit suicide in the military, we could contribute to adjusting to some extent the actions of those who have the potential of committing a suicide. Out of such expectation was proceeded this research.
Holidays ; Humans ; Military Personnel ; Moon ; Suicide

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the welfare status of nurses and the status of fixed night shifts and flexible work arrangements in both general hospitals and advanced general hospitals in Korea. METHODS: A total of 167 hospitals participated in this study, done from April to October 2018. RESULTS: There were 103 hospitals utilizing the fixed night shift system, 22 in the two-shift system, 3 in the fixed holiday shift, 79 in the fixed shift system, and 39 in the short-time working system. The average welfare benefits for nurses increased to 33.02 million won on average. However, welfare services for the nurses were poor: 41.8% of the respondents had a nurses' lounge, 81.7% were given dormitory space at their place of employment, 41.8% had access to welfare facilities, and 56.4% were provided with welfare support countermeasures. CONCLUSION: The results show an increasing trend of hospitals to utilize fixed night shift and flexible work arrangements. An institutional strategy at the national policy level should be established to implement flexible work arrangements including the fixed night shift system, which has a poor level of welfare.
Employment ; Holidays ; Hospitals, General ; Korea ; Surveys and Questionnaires

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Dentists ; Emergencies ; Holidays ; Hospitals, General ; Humans ; Toothache

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to determine the relationships between weather and calendar variables and the admission volume at the emergency center in Daejon city. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Daily patient volume from January to November 2003 was matched with calendar and weather variables. Calendar variables included season, day of the week, holidays, and the day after a holiday. Weather variables included daily maximum, minimum, and average temperatures and other factors such as snowfall and rainfall. RESULTS: The average daily admission volume was 282 +/- 54 persons (187~605), and the most highly significant calendar and weather variables related with admission volume were holidays and maximal temperature, respectively. A regression model was calculated as follows: the daily patient volume = 214 + 2 x (maximal temperature) + 113 x (holiday) + 26.8 x (day after a holiday). This equation could estimate about 62.6% of the daily patient volumes. CONCLUSION: This study suggests that the temperature and a holiday may influence the number of visiting patients. Thus, the staffing level should be set appropriately by considering the estimated patient volume.
Daejeon ; Emergencies* ; Holidays ; Humans ; Meteorological Concepts ; Patient Admission ; Seasons ; Weather

BACKGROUND: The workload of emergency medicine residents (EMRs) is expected to be high. Especially, and working during extra-regular working time (ERT) provides them with great stress. In spite of this, their workload and preference for shift work during ERT has not been studied in Korea. METHOD: The postal survey was sent to the EMRs of training hospitals. The survey consisted of 10 questions which assessed their shift lengths, shift-length preferences, degree of fatigue after night shift, allowance for an ERT shift and so on. The analysis was done using the SPSS Win program. RESULT: Surveys were sent to 240 EMRs and eighty-two (82) EMRs responded. Most of them (85.4%) had more than 10 night shifts per month. The most common shift lengths were 12 hours (53.7%) and 24 hours (23.2%), and the most preferred shift length was 12 hours (50.0%). More than half of the EMRs felt very tired after night shifts. The desired allowance for an ERT night shift was 2.1 times on Saturday, 2.5 times on Sunday, and 3.6 times on holiday, compared to that for a weekday night shift. CONCLUSION: The current workload of an EMR is very high. The desire from ERT shift is low, so appropriate strategies should be sought to compensate the ERT workload.
Emergencies* ; Emergency Medicine ; Fatigue ; Holidays ; Internship and Residency ; Job Satisfaction ; Korea*

The purpose of this study was to provide basic data of nursing intervention through understanding disease pattern of pediatric patients. Data were collected from 3,016 patients who visited emergency center of E university Hospital during one year period from January to December, 1997. The results were as follows : 1. The most common type of disease was respiratory disease(26.7%). 2. According to the developmental age, toddler (35%) ranked first followed by preschooler(22.1%), infant(18.5%), schooler(16.0%), adolescent (5.6%), neonate(2.7%). 3. The proportion of males to females, male patients(59.8%) outnumbered female(40.2%) by the ratio of 1.48 : 1. 4. Visiting patients were seasonally more frequent in spring(29.8%) and summer(29.3%) than fall or winter. 5. Comparing weekly distribution, week end involing holiday outnumbered week day(48.5%). 6. The visiting time predominattly high from 8 : 00 PM to 0 : 00 AM (29.8%) during a day. 7. The majority duration of stay at Emergency center was 1-6 hours. 8. Most patients discharged from the emergency center in good condition(76.5%).
Adolescent ; Emergencies* ; Female ; Holidays ; Humans ; Male ; Nursing ; Seasons ; Child Health

OBJECTIVES: The present study was conducted to investigate associations between eating style and food intake of 45 female college students during Chuseok holidays. METHODS: A ten-day food record was obtained and divided into two parts. The first five days (September 20-24, 2015) were considered as a 'Normal Day (ND 1-5)' and the subsequent five days (September 25-29) as 'Holiday (HD6-10)'. The middle three days (September 26-28) of the holidays were considered as the 'Peak Holiday (PD7-9)'. Eating behaviors were measured using the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ) and anthropometry was assessed in all study participants. Participants were grouped by cluster analysis according to the mean energy intake of the first three days of the Holiday. RESULTS: Participants had a low-normal range of BMI and they were carefully restricting their food intake at Normal Day. Even the food intake did not exceed 2000 kcal per day during the Peak Holiday. External eating was the most prevalent type of eating behavior, followed by restrained eating and emotional eating. Normal energy and fat intake were correlated with the external eating subscale of the DEBQ. Restrained eating was associated with the weight, BMI, fat mass, waist, and hip girth of the subjects. Compared to the Normal Day, they overate during the Holiday with different eating styles including 'restraint', 'disinhibition', and 'fluctuation'. Therefore, neither eating behaviors nor anthropometry was associated with food intake during the Holiday. Although eating behaviors and anthropometric measures were not different among eating style clusters, the food intakes of disinhibition cluster were higher than those of restraint cluster during all the study periods. CONCLUSIONS: Subjects can be classified with the restraint, disinhibition, and fluctuation clusters. However, eating behaviors and anthropometry were not different among three clusters.
Anthropometry ; Eating* ; Energy Intake ; Feeding Behavior ; Female* ; Hip ; Holidays* ; Humans