A survey was conducted to 890 radiological technologists working at 44 general hospitals of 16 cities and provinces across the county to determine their stress level according to regions divided into the capital city, metropolitan areas and small- and medium-sized cities. For this purpose, such factors as their working environment, role playing, job conflict and job burden were compared and analyzed according to the regions. The findings may be summed up as follows:
1. In terms of working environment, radiological technologists in the capital city were found to have the least stress(23.46), followed by those in metropolitan areas(24.53) and small- and medium-sized cities(24.85). There was a significant difference according to the regions as for the item 'worry about influence of radioactive contamination(genetic, decisive and plausible)(P<0.001).
2. As for role playing, radiological technologists in small-and medium-sized cities appeared to receive the highest stress(18.25) followed by metropolitan areas(17.71) and the capital city(16.69). There was a statistically significant difference(p<0.001) according to the regions
3. Regarding job conflict, those who work in small- and medium-sized cities turned out to get the highest stress(15.66) compared to those in metropolitan areas(15.35) and the capital city(14.44). In terms of job autonomy, there was no significant result from the survey in spite of the difference between metropolitan areas(14.87), small- and medium-sized cities(14.79) and the capital city(14.66).
4. Little difference was detected according to the regions as far as the job burden(excessive or too little) was concerned. But their was a significant regional difference in terms of patient-related factors with the capital city(11.50), small- and medium-sized cities(10.75), and metropolitan areas(10.63)(p<0.001).

• 정홍량(한서대학교 방사선학과) | Hong-Ryang Jung
• 손부순(순천향대학교 환경보건학과) | Bu-Soon Son Corresponding Author