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- Original Article Job Stress as a Risk Factor for Occupational Injuries Among Employees of Small and Medium-sized Companies
- Dal Young Jung, Jong Uk Won, Shin Goo Park, Sei Jin Chang, Hwan Cheol Kim
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.35371/kjoem.2010.22.1.37
Published online: March 31, 2010
1Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Inha University Hospital, Korea. cheol17@hanmail.net 
2Institute for Occupational Health, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea.
3Department of Preventive Medicine, Institute of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Korea.
2Institute for Occupational Health, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea.
3Department of Preventive Medicine, Institute of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Korea.
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Abstract
OBJECTIVES
This study was conducted to investigate the association between job stress and occupational injury among Korean employees.
METHODS
The data was obtained from a work-stress survey that was administered to employees of small and medium-sized companies in Incheon, Korea. A four-month prospective follow-up study was conducted (the baseline study was conducted from September 2006 to October 2006, and the follow-up study was done from March 2007 to April 2007). A total of 1,241 participants (774 males and 467 females) were included in the analysis. A structured self-reported questionnaire was used to assess each respondent's sociodemographics, work related factors, job stress, and occupational injury. Job stress was measured using 24 items (7 sub-scales) of the Short Form of the Korean Occupational Stress Scale (KOSS-SF). Occupational injuries were assessed by self-report during the follow-up period. We estimated the relation of job stress to occupational injury using logistic regression analyses.
RESULTS
A total of 199 employees (16.0%) had suffered at least one occupational injury during the previous 4-months. After adjustment for confounding variables, the logistic regression analyses indicated that the groups with high stress as related to 'Job demand' (OR=2.23, 95% CI=1.61-3.08), 'Organizational system' (OR=1.63, 95% CI=1.19-2.23), 'Lack of reward' (OR=1.42, 95% CI=1.03-1.95) and 'Occupational climate' (OR=1.55, 95% CI=1.13-2.13) were more likely to experience occupational injury than the other groups.
CONCLUSIONS
Our results tend to suggest that job stress is associated with occupational injury. The importance of job stress should be acknowledged and stress management programs need to be started to minimize the occupational injury caused by job stress.
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