일부 소방공무원의 업무에 따른 스트레스 호르몬의 변화

• 영문명: Duty-Dependent Changes in Stress Hormones of Firefighters
• 발행기관: 한국환경보건학회
• 저자명: 김규상(Kyoo Sang Kim) 유승원(Seung-Won Yoo) 원용림Y(ong Lim Won) 이미영(Mi-young Lee)
• 간행물 정보: 『1. 한국환경보건학회지』제38권 제3호, 195~203쪽, 전체 9쪽
• 주제분류: 공학 > 환경공학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2012.06.30

영문 초록

Objectives: This paper aims to investigate the influence on stress hormones of job stress resulting from firefighting duties, as well as the degree of such influence. Methods: KOSS-26 and stress hormones such as norepinephrine (NE), epinephrine (EPI), adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH), and cortisol were analyzed for 191 male firefighters from the western area of Incheon, the Incheon Industrial Complex, and Bucheon, Korea. Job stress and stress hormones were compared between a office working group and field-working group. Results: There was no significant difference in EPI and ACTH between the two groups. Change of stress hormones prior to engaging in typical duties, following typical duties, and immediately after field activities was examined. All the EPI, ACTH, and cortisol showed statistically significant changes with time, but not NE in the blood. In the field-working group, the cortisol levels in the blood of the firefighting and rescue groups showed notable differences depending on the time at which the measurements were taken. Conclusion: The differences in stress hormone levels depending on the type of duties of the firefighters were identified. Thus, interventions proper to job requirements is required in order to ease stress.

키워드

job stress stress hormone firefighter