구강보건센터 치과위생사의 업무 인식 조사
The awareness of dental hygienists of the issues at dental health centers
문하영, 김동기,
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문하영 ( Moon Ha-Young ) - 서남대학교 치위생과
김동기 ( Kim Dong-Kie ) - 조선대학교 치과대학 예방치학교실
KMID : 0355420090330040617
Abstract
Objectives: To provide comprehensive oral health care service for such groups as the low income elderly and the disabled, this study analyzed the awareness of patient care issues by dental hygienists who worked dental health centers.
Methods: The 54 working dental hygienists who participated in this study were classified into two groups; 31 hygienists in 7 private dental health centers and 23 in 14 public health centers. A selfadministered 16-item, three category Likert scale questionnaire was given to assess their experiences with oral health work. The data was analyzed using SPSS for the frequency and Fisher’s exact test.
Results: Comparing the awareness of work according to public or private dental care, dental health centers were 74.2% in periodic oral health care service and 77.4% in preventive dental service(p <0.05). In analysis of the awareness of work required for the low income elderly, dental health centers were 74.1% in oral health home care, 64.5% in oral health survey, etc(p <0.05). In analysis of the awareness of work required for the disabled, dental health center was 58.0% in oral health home care, 74.2% in oral health education(p <0.05). In issues and areas for improvement of oral health care work, they was a need(54.8%) for a supplement of personnel in the dental health centers(p <0.05).
Conclusions: We conclude that it is critically important to put effort into expanding preventionoriented, comprehensive oral health care services for the low income elderly and the disabled, and to support these systems and the dental health professionals.
키워드
구강보건센터;인식;치과위생사
awareness;dental hygienists;dental health center
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