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The Occupational Stress According to the Gender, Employee Type, Medical Facility, and the Treatment Field in Physical Therapists

  • Kim, Gyoung-Mo (Dept. of Physical Therapy, Daejeon Health Institute of Technology) ;
  • Kim, In-Seop (Dept. of Physical Therapy, Daejeon Health Institute of Technology) ;
  • Choi, Jae-Cheong (Dept. of Physical Therapy, Daejeon Health Institute of Technology)
  • Received : 2020.05.13
  • Accepted : 2020.06.04
  • Published : 2020.06.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the occupational stress of physical therapists. A total of 302 physical therapists participated in this study. All participants were responded to a Korean Occupational Stress Scale-short form to investigate occupational stress. We compared the occupational stress of physical therapists according to the gender, employee type, medical facility, and the department. Occupational stress showed a significant difference only in gender. Overall, the physical therapist showed low occupational stress in this study. However, among the 7 items on the Korean Occupational Stress Scale-short form, the 'Job demand' item score was higher than other items. This study suggests that the hospital administrator needs to provide proper job demand and environment considering the level of the physical therapists in order to effective occupational stress management.

본 연구는 물리치료사의 성별, 고용형태, 의료기관 및 치료분야에 따른 직무스트레스의 차이를 조사하고 비교하고자 실시하였다. 한국인 직무스트레스 측정도구 단축형을 활용하여 직무스트레스를 비교한 결과 직무스트레스는 오직 성별에서만 유의한 차이가 있었고 고용형태, 의료기관 및 치료분야에 따른 직무스트레스는 유의한 차이가 없었다. 한국인 직무스트레스 측정도구 7항목 중에서 직무요구에 대한 점수가 다른 항목에 비해 상대적으로 높게 나타났지만 전체적으로 물리치료사의 직무스트레스는 참고치에 비해 낮은 것으로 조사되었다. 물리치료사들의 적절한 직무스트레스 관리를 위해 적절한 직무요구와 직무환경을 제공하는 것은 직무스트레스를 효과적으로 조절할 수 있는 하나의 방법이 될 수 있다.

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