Investigation into Occupational disease of Merchant Crew

Kim, Jae-Ho; Chang, Seong-Rok; Moon, Serng-Bae; Ha, Hae-Dong; Yang, Won-Jae; Lee, Sang-Woo

Journal of Navigation and Port Research 2006;30(6):551-559.
Published online August 30, 2006.

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김재호, 장성록, 문성배, 하해동, 양원재, 이상우

Investigation into Occupational disease of Merchant Crew

Jae-Ho Kim, Seong-Rok Chang, Serng-Bae Moon, Hae-Dong Ha, Won-Jae Yang, Sang-Woo Lee

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to find out morbidity rate and pattern of disease and affect of variables related disease and medical. management of seafares' The subjects this study were 1049 seafares' who took education in Korea Institute of Maritime and Fisheries Technology. This questionnaire was focused on finding the basic data for preventíon of disease and promotion health for the seafares' The collected data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, Chi-square， cross tab, linear regression by SPSS 10.1 package. The result of this study are as follow. 1)The morbidity rate within recent 12 months was 69.0%. 2)there were significant differences of occurred disease in age(p<0.05), income(p<0.01), career of ship on board(p<0.01)， rank(p<0.01)， perceived health status(p<0.01), worry of health(p<0.01), fatigue symptoms(0.01), satisfy of job(p<0.05)， rest time(p<0.05) 3) Considering disease unable to work more than 4 hour, the number of those who had oral disease 7.3%> tinea 6.6%> gastric ulcer 6.4, and musculoskeletal disease group were 20.9%, which revealed the highest rate oral disease 13.6%> skin disease> 12.4%, digestive disease> 12.1%. 4) As refer to medical management, The pain above 31days 35.7%, hospitalization and treatment below， 1) 7days were each 50.2%, 428%, medical. service were doctor's office 27.9, which revealed the highest rate.

Key Words: Distribution of disease;Morbidity;Characteristic of health;Medical management