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KMID : 1020220150150020235
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Journal of Korean Society of Dental Hygiene
2015 Volume.15 No. 2 p.235 ~ p.243
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Influencing factors on oral health behavior and dental clinic use in industrial workers by Andersen model
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Im Ae-Jung
Heo Yun-Min
Kim Hyoung-Joo
Lim Hee-Jung
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of the study is to investigate the oral health and oral health beliefs in industrial workers and to analyze the influencing factors on dental health care utilization.
Methods: The subjects were 280 adults from 16 to 64 years old in Seoul and Gyeonggi from June 20 to July 31, 2014, A self-reported questionnaire was completed after receiving informed consent. The independent variables consisted of predisposing, enabling, and need factors. The predisposing factors included gender, age, residence area, number of family. The enabling variables included monthly income, education, occupation, type of employment. The need factors included subjective oral health recognition and oral health belief model. These three variables had a direct and indirect influence on dental clinic use. The types of occupation were classified into desk duties, merchandizing and service duties technology and others by KSCO-6.
Results: The relating factors to dental health care utilization were sex, oral health beliefs perceived benefits, perceived barriers, and self-efficacy. Female tended to have the higher oral health beliefs perceived benefits, perceived barriers(p<0.01), self-efficacy(p<0.05).
Conclusions: Those who received frequent oral examination and health instruction tended to have a favorable impact on maintenance of oral health status and improvement in quality of life.
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KEYWORD
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Andersen model, dental service utilization, industrial workers, oral health behaviors, oral health belief
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