The psychosocial stress and musculoskeletal disorders(MSDs) have been one of major health problems for hospital workers. This study tried to understand the relationship between symptoms associated with MSDs and risk factors such as working posture, job stress, psychosocial stress and fatigue. A total number of 655 hospital workers participated in this study. Specifically, REBA was applied for evaluating working posture and a checklist prepared by KOSHA(Korean Occupational Safety and Health Agency) was used for symptom survey. A questionnaire from KOSHA was also used for collecting data associated with job stress, psychosocial stress and fatigue. All these data were formulated and modeled by path analysis which was one of major statistical tools in this study. Specifically, path analysis for the data we collected came up with several major findings. The risk scores from working posture based on REBA had indirect effects via fatigue factor(MFS) as well as direct effects on symptoms. The factors associated with job stress(KOSS) and psychosocial stress(PWI-SF) had significant effects on symptoms. Specifically, indirect effect of job stress factors via fatigue factors(MFS) had bigger than that of direct effect of job stress on symptom.

Abstract
 1. 서론
 2. 연구 대상 및 방법
  2.1 연구대상
  2.2 연구 방법
  2.3 통계 분석
 3. 결과
  3.1 연구 대상자의 일반적 특성
  3.2 신체부위별 인간공학적 위험도 평가 결과
  3.3 근골격계질환 관련 자각증상
  3.4 한국인 직무스트레스(KOSS)평가 결과
  3.5 사회심리적 스트레스(PWI-SF) 및 피로도(MFS) 평가 결과
  3.6 경로모형 분석을 위한 측정도구의 신뢰도
  3.7 경로모형 분석을 위한 변인들의 상관관계
  3.8 스트레스, 작업 자세(전체), 피로도(MFS)가 신체증상(전체)에 미치는 영향
 4. 고찰 및 결론
 5. 참고문헌

• 최순영 | Soon Young Choi
• 손창원 | Chang Won Son
• 허국강 | Kook Kang Hur
• 박동현 | Dong Hyun Park