영유아의 보육시설 이용과 감염성 질환 실태 연구

A Nationwide Survey on the Child Day Care and Common Infectious Diseases

  • 안종균 (연세대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실, 세브란스 어린이병원 소아청소년과) ;
  • 최성열 (연세대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실, 세브란스 어린이병원 소아청소년과) ;
  • 김동수 (연세대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실, 세브란스 어린이병원 소아청소년과) ;
  • 김기환 (연세대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실, 세브란스 어린이병원 소아청소년과)
  • Ahn, Jong Gyun (Department of Pediatrics, Severance Children's Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Choi, Seong Yeol (Department of Pediatrics, Severance Children's Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Dong Soo (Department of Pediatrics, Severance Children's Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Ki Hwan (Department of Pediatrics, Severance Children's Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
  • 투고 : 2011.09.27
  • 심사 : 2011.10.18
  • 발행 : 2012.04.25

초록

목 적 : 최근 부모들의 맞벌이, 조기 교육 등의 이유로 이른 나이부터 보육시설을 이용하는 영유아가 증가하고 있다. 이러한 사회 환경의 변화 속에 5세 이하 어린이들의 보육시설 이용 현황과 이와 관련된 감염성 질환 실태 및 예방접종 현황에 대하여 조사하였다. 방 법 : 2011년 6월 10일부터 6월 16일까지 전국의 5세 이하의 자녀를 둔 부모 1,000명을 대상으로 온라인 설문조사를 실시하였다. 표본오차는 95% 신뢰수준에서 ${\pm}3.1%$이고, 표본추출은 지역별, 성별, 연령별 비율에 따라 무작위 할당표본 추출(quota sampling)방법을 사용하였다. 설문조사는 크게 인구통계학적 특성, 단체 보육시설 이용 현황, 소아의 감염성 질환 경험, 예방접종 유무 관련 4개 주제로 나누고 그 속에 세부 문항을 두어 총 16개의 문항을 구성하였고, 설문결과를 수집하여 통계적 분석을 시행하였다. 결 과 : 5세이하의 영유아들의 보육시설 이용율은 78.5%였고 이 중 약 84%가 3세 이전부터 보육시설을 처음 이용한 것으로 나타났다. 보육시설을 이용하는 영유아(58%)가 그렇지 않은 영유아(34%)보다 감염성 질환을 경험한 비율이 더 높았다(P<0.001). 감염성 질환 중에서 장염(47.1%), 중이염(41.8%), 폐렴(19.1%) 등의 순으로 경험 비율이 높았고, 각 질환의 재발 여부는 중이염이 28.1%로 가장 높고 뒤이어 장염 (22.4%), 폐렴 (11.9%)의 순으로 조사되었다. 각 질환을 앓은 영유아의 약 70% 정도가 생후 24개월 이전에 이들 질환을 처음 경험한 것으로 나타났다(폐렴 75.2%, 장염 77.1%, 중이염 71%). 예방접종율은 국가필수예방접종이 90.4%인데 반하여 기타예방접종은 중복응답을 포함하여 b형 헤모필루스 인플루엔자 백신(76.6%), A형 간염(63.3%), 폐구균 백신(59.4%), 로타바이러스 백신(43.1%) 순으로 나타났다. 결 론 : 이번 연구에서 이른 나이부터 단체생활을 시작하는 영유아가 많았고, 이들의 감염성 질환 경험률이 더 높은 것으로 나타나 이 시기의 감염성 질환 예방을 위해 손씻기 등의 개인위생에 보다 힘쓰고 시기에 맞게 백신접종을 하도록 해야 한다. 또한 소아 감염 전문가들에 의한 보육시설에서의 표준화된 감염관리 지침 제정과 함께 보육현장에서의 교육을 통하여 보육시설에서의 감염 전파를 막기 위한 보다 적극적인 노력이 필요하다.

Purpose : As the number of children who attend child care centers has increased, concerns has increased about the effect of child day care on childhood illness. This study was conducted to examine the relationship between experience in child care and common infectious diseases in children under 5 years of age. Methods : Data were collected by surveying 1,000 respondents with children under age 5 through online interviews using a structured questionnaire. The contents of the survey were composed of demographic characteristics, child care facilities usage, experience in infectious diseases, and immunization status Results : Among the 1,000 children <5 years of age, 78.5% attended a child care facility. Rates of common communicable illnesses were higher in children in child care than for children reared exclusively at home. The predominant communicable diseases which the respondents' children experienced, in order of decreasing frequency, were gastroenteritis (47.1%), otitis media (41.8%) and pneumonia (19.1%). The immunization rate of vaccines that are not included the national immunization program (NIP) (Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine - 76.6%, hepatitis A vaccine - 63.3%, pneumococcal vaccine - 59.4%, rotavirus vaccine - 43.1%) was lower than that of the NIP vaccines (90.4%) Conclusion : Children in child care experience more bouts of common infectious disease, so nationwide policies to prevent or to control the spread of infectious agents in a child-care should be available and appropriate immunization should be emphasized as the most effective method for the control of infectious disease for children.

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