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The association between Korean employed workers’ on-call work and health problems, injuries
BACKGROUND: On-call work is a form of work that requires the person to work at any time during the on-call period. Thus, on-call work is often regarded as one of the most severe stress factors. This study investigates the associations between on-call work and health problems, injuries. METHODS: This...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5861623/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29581881 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40557-018-0225-0 |
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author | Baek, Chulin Park, Jae Bum Lee, Kyungjong Jung, Jaehyuk |
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description | BACKGROUND: On-call work is a form of work that requires the person to work at any time during the on-call period. Thus, on-call work is often regarded as one of the most severe stress factors. This study investigates the associations between on-call work and health problems, injuries. METHODS: This study was based on the 3rd Korean Working Conditions Survey. Total of 29,246 employed workers who had been working for at least 1 year were included. Logistic regression analysis was performed to investigate the association between on-call work and health problems, injuries. RESULTS: The odds ratios for on-call workers in terms of physical health problems, psychological health problems, and injuries were 1.33 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.22-1.44), 1.31 (95% CI 1.08-1.60), and 2.76 (95% CI 2.26-3.37), respectively. Analysis of the detailed symptoms revealed odds ratios in on-call workers of 2.06 for hearing problems (95% CI 1.63-2.62); 1.71 for skin problems (95% CI 1.38-2.12); 1.22 for back pain (95% CI 1.08-1.38); 1.23 for muscular pains in upper limbs (95% CI 1.12-1.34); 1.27 for muscular pains in lower limbs (95% CI 1.15-1.40); 1.46 for headache, eye fatigue (95% CI 1.32-1.60); 1.37 for abdominal pain (95% CI 1.02-1.85); 1.43 for depression or anxiety disorders (95% CI 1.07-1.93); 1.36 for fatigue (95% CI 1.24-1.49); and 1.41 for insomnia and general sleep difficulties (95% CI 1.13-1.76). CONCLUSIONS: The present study found that on-call work results in an increased risk of health problems and injuries. This study is the result of analyses of broad range of the job spectrum in Korean employed workers; thus, future studies are necessary to determine the effects of on-call work in various job groups. |
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spelling | pubmed-58616232018-03-26 The association between Korean employed workers’ on-call work and health problems, injuries Baek, Chulin Park, Jae Bum Lee, Kyungjong Jung, Jaehyuk Ann Occup Environ Med Research Article BACKGROUND: On-call work is a form of work that requires the person to work at any time during the on-call period. Thus, on-call work is often regarded as one of the most severe stress factors. This study investigates the associations between on-call work and health problems, injuries. METHODS: This study was based on the 3rd Korean Working Conditions Survey. Total of 29,246 employed workers who had been working for at least 1 year were included. Logistic regression analysis was performed to investigate the association between on-call work and health problems, injuries. RESULTS: The odds ratios for on-call workers in terms of physical health problems, psychological health problems, and injuries were 1.33 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.22-1.44), 1.31 (95% CI 1.08-1.60), and 2.76 (95% CI 2.26-3.37), respectively. Analysis of the detailed symptoms revealed odds ratios in on-call workers of 2.06 for hearing problems (95% CI 1.63-2.62); 1.71 for skin problems (95% CI 1.38-2.12); 1.22 for back pain (95% CI 1.08-1.38); 1.23 for muscular pains in upper limbs (95% CI 1.12-1.34); 1.27 for muscular pains in lower limbs (95% CI 1.15-1.40); 1.46 for headache, eye fatigue (95% CI 1.32-1.60); 1.37 for abdominal pain (95% CI 1.02-1.85); 1.43 for depression or anxiety disorders (95% CI 1.07-1.93); 1.36 for fatigue (95% CI 1.24-1.49); and 1.41 for insomnia and general sleep difficulties (95% CI 1.13-1.76). CONCLUSIONS: The present study found that on-call work results in an increased risk of health problems and injuries. This study is the result of analyses of broad range of the job spectrum in Korean employed workers; thus, future studies are necessary to determine the effects of on-call work in various job groups. BioMed Central 2018-03-20 /pmc/articles/PMC5861623/ /pubmed/29581881 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40557-018-0225-0 Text en © The Author(s). 2018 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Baek, Chulin Park, Jae Bum Lee, Kyungjong Jung, Jaehyuk The association between Korean employed workers’ on-call work and health problems, injuries |
title | The association between Korean employed workers’ on-call work and health problems, injuries |
title_full | The association between Korean employed workers’ on-call work and health problems, injuries |
title_fullStr | The association between Korean employed workers’ on-call work and health problems, injuries |
title_full_unstemmed | The association between Korean employed workers’ on-call work and health problems, injuries |
title_short | The association between Korean employed workers’ on-call work and health problems, injuries |
title_sort | association between korean employed workers’ on-call work and health problems, injuries |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5861623/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29581881 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40557-018-0225-0 |
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