ISSN : 1738-4125(Print)
ISSN : 2287-7509(Online)
Journal of Odor and Indoor Environment Vol.1 No.2 pp.182-195
DOI :
CMI와 THI에 의한 서울시내 개인택시 실내환경 근무 운전기사의 건강영향 평가 연구
손종렬*, 변상훈, 노영만1), 김윤신1)
고려대학교 보건대학, 1)한양대 환경 및 산업의학연구소
A Study of Assessment on Healthy Effects on Physical Subjective Symptoms of Owner-driver of Taxi Working IAQ by THI and CMI in Seoul
Jong-Ryeul Sohn*
, Sang-Hoon Byun, Young-Man Roh1), Yoon-Shin Kim1)
Dept. of Environmental Health, College of Health Science, Korea University
1)Institute of Environmental and Industrial Medicine, Hanyang University
Received 9 August 2004, accepted 27 December 2004
Abstract
This study was performed to investigate the health status of 600 owner-driver of taxi in Seoul City duringfrom August 1, 2003 to February 28, 2004. The prevalence of subjective symptoms were surveyed by ageneral health questionnaires such as Todai Health Index (THI) and the Cornell Medical Index (CMI). In theTHI health check table, prevalence of the complaints of mental subjective symptom by age was high in theitems of fabrication (L), digestion (C), and aggressiveness (F) from 31 to 40 years old drivers and mentalsubjective symptom by age was high in all items except for tiredness (I), melancholia (N), andhypersensitivity (P) for the 60 years old drivers and showed in the items of melancholia (N) andhypersensitivity (P) for the 40 years old. From the complaints of mental and physical subjective symptomsabout work satisfaction in the THI health check table, the strong dissatisfaction showed in the all itemsexcept for eye and skin trouble (B). All items except hypersensitivity (P) showed dissatisfaction inprevalence of complains of mental and physical subjective symptoms about work satisfaction in the CMIhealth check table. From the complains of mental and physical subjective symptoms on salary satisfaction inthe THI health check table, the taxi driver who earn the salary of 1 million won showed statisticallysignificant symptom of eye and skin trouble (B) and showed high tendency in all items except for respiratory(A) and digestion (C) systems. It is suggested that the appropriate health control for owner-driver of taxishould be applied to reduce the prevalence of complaints that showed mainly in the irregular working timeand sleeping disorders.
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