사무직 근로자의 직장 내 괴롭힘 경험과 근골격계 증상의 관련성

Objectives: This study was designed to identify the effect on office workers of workplace bullying by gender and in terms of musculoskeletal symptoms. Methods: This study is a cross-sectional study using the raw data from the Sixth Korea Working Conditions Survey (KWCS) performed by the Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute in 2020. Of the 50,538 respondents to the survey, 8,278 office workers were included in the analysis. The association between workplace bullying and musculoskeletal symptoms was analyzed through logistic regression analysis. Results: Analysis showed that one or more of the musculoskeletal symptoms of back pain, upper limb pain, and lower limb pain in office workers were associated with unwanted sexual attention, sexual harassment, and/or bullying/ harassment. Male office workers were found to be associated with experience of bullying/ harassment (OR=4.60, 95% CI: 1.19-17.74) and female office workers were found to be associated with unwanted sexual attention (OR=2.53, 95% CI: 1.08-5.94), experience of sexual harassment (OR=3.25, 95% CI: 1.29-8.19), and experience of bullying/harassment (OR=6.60, 95% CI: 1.79-24.28). Conclusions: It was concluded that the experience of workplace bullying was associated with musculoskeletal symptoms. Therefore, it is necessary to consider measures to prevent workplace bullying to prevent musculoskeletal symptoms of office workers.