노인의치보철사업 담당자의 주관적 인식 조사 - 근무지역과 경력별 관점에서 -
Subjective awareness on dental hygienist regarding government subsidized denture prosthetic program
최문실, 이병진, 김동기,
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최문실 ( Choi Moon-Sil ) - 송원대학 치위생과
이병진 ( Lee Byoung-Jin ) - 조선대학교 치과대학 예방치학교실
김동기 ( Kim Dong-Kie ) - 조선대학교 치과대학 예방치학교실
KMID : 0355420100340030437
Abstract
Objectives: As the population of the elderly grows rapidly, the government has been providing the denture prosthetic program since 2002 to help improve the quality of their life. This study was to introduce data for improve denture prosthetic program by analyzing working location and awareness of public health center worker (dental hygienist) who are responsible for government subsidized denture prosthetic program.
Methods: The survey of respondents are 52 of 71 dental hygienists performing a denture prosthetic program in a public health center located in 5 cities including Seoul, Gwang-ju, Gyeong-gi, Chonbuk and Kyongnam. The system of questioning is composed of 23 questions that are awareness according to location by the Likert scale. The responding subjects were divided into two groups; one group with at least 10 years of employment career and the other with less than 10 years and the data analysis using the chi-square tests.
Results: Of the respondents, 80% indicated that the level of cooperation of the dentists was very high, irrespective of the population size of the region. Among the hygienists with more than 10 years of employment experience, 10.9% indicated the dentists’cooperation was high (p＞0.05). The subjects in smaller cities have more favorable view of the oral healthcare program than those in larger cities by 34.5% (p＜0.05). The regular checkup rate for the denture prosthetic patients is approximately 30% respondents higher for the with more than 10 years of work experience (p＜0.05). Approximately 80% of the denture prosthetic users complained about the inconvenience of using the denture (p＞0.05). At least 85% of the denture users expressed that the quality of their life has improved as a result of using the denture prosthetic.
Conclusions: The study indicated that we need to institute a system that regularly conducts the education on the use of denture prosthetics and evaluates the effects of oral healthcare program to improve the quality of life for the elderly.
키워드
경력;근무지역;노인;의치보철사업;인식;치과위생사
awareness;career;dental hygienist;denture prosthetic program;elderly; location
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