Accidents in Home Help Service and Relevant Factors in Home Helpers

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to clarify the present reality of accidents in home help service, and to examine home helpers themselves for factors that lead to the occurrence of accidents.

The situation in which the accidents occurred was examined through the contents of accident reports for the 274 cases that occurred between April and September 2003. In the analysis, I transformed the situation into variables and clarified the details of the accidents by combining the variables. A multiple logistic regression analysis was conducted using the occurrence of accidents as a dependent variable and information about all the home helpers (5,237) as independent variables.

As a result, given the condition of the other variables being constant, the group of home-helpers who had been in service for less than two years showed a statistically significant odds ratio (P<0.05) However, significant statistical differences were not observed between those who did and did not possess qualifications, and among those employed in different conditions.

From the above, it is suggested that the accumulation of practical experience is more effective in preventing accidents than the possession of higher qualifications.