A Study on the Health Status of Dental Technicians by Todai Health Index(THI)

THI에 의한 일부 치과기공사의 건강상태에 관한 조사 연구

  • Kwon, Soon-Suk (Dept. of Dental Laboratory Technology, Dong-u College) ;
  • Moon, Hee-Jung (Dept. of Dental Hygiene, Yeoju Institute of Technology) ;
  • Shin, Myung-Suk (Dept. of Dental Hygiene, Dongnam health college) ;
  • Kim, Yoon-Shin (Dept. of Health Sciences, Graduate school, Hanyang University)
  • Received : 2009.04.29
  • Accepted : 2009.06.09
  • Published : 2009.06.30

Abstract

This study aims to present a fundamental data base to figure out the mental and the physical conditions that the dental technicians are facing and ultimately to develop a health care program to deal with their health related problems. To this end, we took an analysis on the health status among the subjects of 895 dental technicians currently working at the dental lab around the nation from January 15 to March 31, 2009 by way or Todai Health Index(THI). Of the average scale point in accordance with 12 scale scores of the physical and the mental subjective symptom, the results revealed that the physical appeals (21.10) were higher than the mental appeals (18.49) and the multiple subjective symptom was marked as 38.44 followed by the mental irritability (25.92). In gender differences, the females proved to be higher than the males in both physical appeals and mental appeals while the physical appeals were dominant in both genders. The physical appeals were higher than the mental appeals with regard to the general characteristics. In the case or the group or age twenties as shown in the physical and mental average scale point, the other groups showed 21.55% of the physical appeals among the married whereas the mental appeals showed the highest point as 18.70 in the unmarried group. In job position, the other groups marked the highest, in working condition, below average group marked the highest, in frequency of break time, none group marked the highest. We drew a conclusion form this study that the dental technicians gained the higher points in the item or the multiple subjective symptom, the menial irritability, and the irregular life. More research on th is phenomena should be followed along with the development of various and practical health care programs to promote the health or dental technicians.

본 연구는 국민의 구강보건 증진에 있어 치과보철물 제작 업무를 담당하고 있는 치과기공사를 대상으로 THI 건강조사표를 통해 육체적, 정신적 건강상태를 분석하여 치과기공사들이 당면하고 있는 건강 문제를 파악하고, 건강관리 프로그램 개발을 위한 기초자료를 제공을 목적으로 2009년 1윌 15일부터 3월 31일까지 전국 치과기공소(실)에서 근무하고 있는 895명의 치과기공사를 대상으로 하였으며, 그 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 치과기공사의 심신 자각증상에 따른 평균 척도득점은 신체적 호소가 21.10으로 정신적 호소 18.49보다 높았고, 신체적 호소 항목에서는 다호소(자각) 증상(I)이 38.44로 가장 높고 구강과 항문(D)이 15.30으로 가장 낮았으며, 정신적 호소 항목에서는 정서불안정(J)이 25.92로 가장 높고 공격성(F)이 14.02로 가장 낮게 나타났다. 10개 항목으로 표준화 한 결과에서는 신경질(E)이 20.63으로 가장 높은 호소점수를 보였다. 2. 남, 여 모두 신체적 호소가 정신적 호소보다 높고, 여성이 남성보다 신체적 호소와 정신적 호소가 모두 높았으며, 남성과 여성 모두 다호소(I)항목의 평균 척도득점이 각각 37.33과 40.46으로 가장 높게 나타났다. 12개 항목의 심신 자각증상 증 다호소(I), 눈과 피부(B), 충동성(H), 허구성(L), 정서불안정(J), 우울성(K), 공격성(F), 생활불규칙성(G)에서 유의한 차이(p<0.001)로 보였고, 그 다음으로 소화기(C)(p < 0.01)에서 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보였다. 3. 연구대상자들을 연령별, 결혼 상태별, 직위별, 근무환경별, 휴식 수별로 집단을 구분 한 결과 공통적으로 신체적 호소가 정신적 호소보다 높고, 12개 항목의 심신 자각증상 중 다호소(I)항목의 평균 척도득점이 가장 높았으며, 정서적불안정(J)항목이 두 번째로 높았다. 4. 신체적 정신적 항목의 평균 척도득점(호소점수)의 경우 연령에서는 20대 집단(각각 21.49. 18.70)이, 직위에서는 기타 집단(각각 22.00, 18.78)이, 근무환경에서는 '매우 불량하다'. 집단(각각 23.21, 19.33)이, 휴식 수에서는 '없다' 집단(각각 21.68, 18.81)에서 가장 높게 나타났으며, 결혼 상태에서는 기타 집단이 신체적 호소(21.55)에서, 미혼 집단은 정신적 호소(18.71)에서 가장 높게 나타났다.

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