Korean J Occup Health Nurs.  2015 Aug;24(3):162-172. 10.5807/kjohn.2015.24.3.162.

Factors Affecting Musculoskeletal Symptoms of Teachers in Child Care Centers

• Kim IO
• Yeom GJ

• KMID: 2043666
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5807/kjohn.2015.24.3.162

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study was to explore factors affecting musculoskeletal symptoms of the child care centers' teachers in Korea.
METHODS
This study was a descriptive research, using a cross-sectional survey. Convenience samples of 230 child care centers' teachers aged 20 to 65 were selected. A self-administered questionnaire was used to measure general characteristics, job-related characteristics, exercise habit, fatigue and musculoskeletal symptoms of the body parts. The data were analyzed with the SPSS/WIN 21.0 program.
RESULTS
Shoulder pain (73.5%), low back pain (72.6%) and wrist/hand pain (57.8%) were the most common musculoskeletal symptoms. Shoulder pain significantly differed depending on the age of children in charge at the child care center (p<.047). The exercise habit was related to low back pain (p<.028) and the career was linked to wrist/hand pain (p<.046). The logistic regression analysis revealed exercise habit and fatigue were the risk factors on musculoskeletal symptoms of many body parts.
CONCLUSION
These results suggest that interventions targeting the child care centers' teachers should be considered job-related characteristics and fatigue in order to prevent musculoskeletal disorder. Thus, there continues to be a need to develop exercise program for the child care centers' teachers.

Keyword

Child care centers' teachers; Musculoskeletal symptoms; Fatigue; Exercise

MeSH Terms

Child
Child Care*
Child*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Fatigue
Human Body
Humans
Korea
Logistic Models
Low Back Pain
Risk Factors
Shoulder Pain