Jungsun Park1, Bo-Young Han2, Yangho Kim3. 1. Department of Occupational Health, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu, South Korea. 2. Department of Sociology, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea. 3. Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, South Korea.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The present study examines gender differences in occupations, occupational hazards, and musculoskeletal symptoms in Korean workers. METHODS: We performed a secondary analysis of data from the fourth Korean Working Conditions Survey (KWCS). RESULTS: Relative to "managers," men who were "craft and related trades workers," "equipment, machine operating and assembling workers," and in "elementary occupations" were more likely to report back pain (ORs: 2.08, 2.33, and 2.71, respectively); women who were "skilled agricultural, forestry, and fishery workers" were more likely to report back pain (OR: 3.96). Back pain was more likely to be reported in men exposed to "carrying/moving heavy loads," "painful/tiring postures," and "repetitive hand/arm movements" (ORs: 1.20, 2.26, and 1.28, respectively). CONCLUSION: Men and women workers differed in their reporting of ergonomic risk factors, and complaints of musculoskeletal symptoms. Am. J. Ind. Med. 60:342-349, 2017.
INTRODUCTION: The present study examines gender differences in occupations, occupational hazards, and musculoskeletal symptoms in Korean workers. METHODS: We performed a secondary analysis of data from the fourth Korean Working Conditions Survey (KWCS). RESULTS: Relative to "managers," men who were "craft and related trades workers," "equipment, machine operating and assembling workers," and in "elementary occupations" were more likely to report back pain (ORs: 2.08, 2.33, and 2.71, respectively); women who were "skilled agricultural, forestry, and fishery workers" were more likely to report back pain (OR: 3.96). Back pain was more likely to be reported in men exposed to "carrying/moving heavy loads," "painful/tiring postures," and "repetitive hand/arm movements" (ORs: 1.20, 2.26, and 1.28, respectively). CONCLUSION:Men and women workers differed in their reporting of ergonomic risk factors, and complaints of musculoskeletal symptoms. Am. J. Ind. Med. 60:342-349, 2017.
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