Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Original Article

The Effectiveness of an Intervention Program for Subway Operators for Symptoms of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder After the Persons Had Fallen Under a Train: Suk Kyong Choi, Kang Sook Lee, Seon Young Lee, Jae Hee Yu, A Rum Hong, Jeong Ho Chae, Sei Jin Chang; Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2010;22(1):29-36. Published online March 31, 2010; DOI: https://doi.org/10.35371/kjoem.2010.22.1.29

OBJECTIVE: The aims of this study were to evaluate the level of job stress in subway workers and to determine the main factors that aggravated their PTSD(Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) symptom, which were due to having fallen under a train, and to verify the effectiveness of the intervention program.
METHODS
The questionnaires utilized in the survey were composed of the Korean Occupational Stress Scale (the short form, 24 items), the depression scale, the coping scale II, the PTSD scale and the life style, health status and occupational properties. The intervention program for PTSD symptoms was executed for 18 subway operators who had experienced deadly accidents in their service from June 2004 to May 2006. The intervention programs included exercise, meditation and deep breathing for 8 weeks and a written message was sent twice per week.
RESULTS
Compared with pre-intervention, the post-intervention group showed significantly lower scores for the KOSS, depressive symptom and the PTSD.
CONCLUSION
This study showed the intervention program was effective to lower the job stress, the PTSD symptoms and depressive symptoms, and to improve the coping skills. It was suggested that the mental health promotion program should be implemented for subway workers to prevent occupational mental diseases.

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Original Article

Characteristics of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders and Effect of Intervention Program in Shipyard Workers: Hong Jae Chae, Seong Kwan Lee, Kang Jin Lee, Jai Dong Moon; Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2002;14(4):468-477. Published online December 31, 2002; DOI: https://doi.org/10.35371/kjoem.2002.14.4.468

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OBJECTIVES
This study was conducted to estimate the characteristics of work-related musculoskeletal disorders and the effect of intervention program in shipyard workers.
METHODS
Information on work related absences,due to musculoskeletal disorders, were collected between January, 1 2000 and August, 31 2002. Age, duration of work, job type, anatomical site of disease, cause and duration of absence due to sickness were investigated.
RESULTS
From a total of 158 cases there were 108(68.4%)and 50(31.6%)cases of back, and other musculoskeletal complaints,respectively. 55(34.8%)of the cases were caused by repetitive trauma and 103(65.2%)were due to non-repetitive causes. 90(83.3%)of the back complaint cases were due to non-repetitive causes, but there was a repetitive cause of other musculoskeletal complaints in 37(74.0%)cases. Back complaints were higher in workers carrying heavy materials, but other musculoskeletal complaints were higher in painting workers.Half of workers after an absence due to sickness had returned to work within 32.0 weeks and 25.4 weeks,in the cases of back and other musculoskeletal complaints, respectively. After the application of an intervention program for musculoskeletal disease, the incidence rate of absence due to work-related musculoskeletal disorders was reduced significantly.
CONCLUSION
The introduction of a musculoskeletal intervention program reduced absences due to work-related musculoskeletal disorders.

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