The purpose of the study was to analyze the characteristics of small and medium-sized workplace workers that received health care through worker’s health centers to identify the factors influencing revisits to worker’s health centers, to provide b...
The purpose of the study was to analyze the characteristics of small and medium-sized workplace workers that received health care through worker’s health centers to identify the factors influencing revisits to worker’s health centers, to provide basic data for worker health care.
For data, data from subjects that received health care through a worker’s health center in a certain area was analyzed and the study was conducted by classifying 388 subject who received health care twice at the worker’s health center from July to December 2015 and 394 subjects who received health care once at the worker’s health center from July to October of the same year into revisit group and single visit group.
In order to investigate factors of revisiting worker’s health centers of the study subjects, logistic regression analysis was performed by dividing into three types of models based on characteristics, and model 3 was found to be the superior model. The revisit probability of worker’s health centers was 2.17 times higher for those over 60 years of age compared to under 30 in age, 6.39 times higher in university graduate over above compared to middle school graduate and below in education history, 5.11 times higher in those with diabetes compared to those without, 2.27 and 2.64 times higher in borderline and risk groups compared to normal group in LDL, 9.59 and 5.31 times higher in manufacturing and service compared to office workers in occupation, and 1.81 times higher in irregular workers compared to regular workers in employment type. On the other hand it was found that worker’s health center revisit probability was lower by 0.30 times for those with family history compared to those without, 0.52 and 0.29 times in borderline and risk groups compared to normal group in total cholesterol, and 0.38 times in nighttime shifts compared to daytime shifts in working form.
It was analyzed that the probability of revisiting worker’s health centers was higher if the age of the study subject was over 60, with education history above university graduate, had diabetes, was borderline or risk group in LDL, if occupation was irregular or manufacturing, and if employment type was irregular. Also, it was found that probability of revisiting worker’s health centers was lower in subjects that had family history, was borderline or risk group in total cholesterol, and if working form was nighttime shifts. It is thought that the significance of the study is in the fact that it suggested basic data for policy efforts to reduce occupational disease through worker health care. Also, it is determined that in the future, the limitations of this study should be supplemented to conduct more active research to identify factors that influence worker health care participation.