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KMID : 0355420110350030347
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Journal of Korean Academy of Oral Health
2011 Volume.35 No. 3 p.347 ~ p.359
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A study on dental hygienist environmental working conditions and subjective pain symptoms
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Jeon Sang-Hee
Han Gyeong-Soon
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study was to understand and examine the environmental conditions and subjective pain symptoms of dental hygienists.
Methods: The subjects of this study were 635 dental hygienists who are working at various types of dental hospitals and clinics around the country. Data were analyzed with a t-test, one-way ANOVA and multivariable logistic regression analysis SPSS 12.0.
Results: The perception of environmental working conditions significantly differed according to socio-demographic and job-related characteristics. For subjective pain symptoms, the symptoms of the experimental group of which the environmental condition score was less than 3 was significantly higher than the group of which the score was more than 4. The frequency of subjective pain symptoms had a relationship with the physical environment (OR=0.31; 95% CI: 0.17-0.55) and the duty-related environment (OR=0.33; 95% CI: 0.18-0.59). The severity of subjective pain symptoms had a relationship with the system-related (OR=0.52; 95% CI: 0.29-0.93) and duty-related environments (OR=0.31; 95% CI: 0.18-0.52).
Conclusions: In order to reduce dental hygienists’ subjective pain symptoms, improving the work environment of dental institutions to a satisfactory level is considered to be urgent.
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KEYWORD
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duty-related environment, physical environment, subjective pain symptoms, system-related environment, working environmental conditions
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