Relationship between Knowledge, Attitude, Behavior, and Self-Efficacy on the Radiation Safety Management of Radiation Workers in Medical Institutions

Radiation safety managements in medical institutions are needed to protect certain radiation damages as a part of National Coalition. This study investigates the characteristics of self-efficacy that become the major factor on the knowledge, attitude, and behavior on the radiation safety management of radiation workers as an approach of educational aspects and analyzes the relationship between such factors to provide basic materials for improving the activity level of radiation safety managements. In order to implement the goal or this study, a survey was performed for 1,200 workers who were engaged in radiation treatments in medical centers, such as general hospital, university hospital, private hospital, and public health center for 42 days from July 23,2006. Then, the results of the analysis can be summarized as follows: 1. Average scores on knowledge, attitude, and behavior in the radiation safety management were presented as $75.76{\pm}11.20$, $90.55{\pm}8.59$, $80.58{\pm}11.70$, respectively. Also, the average score of self-efficacy was recorded as $73.55{\pm}9.82$. 2. Knowledge levels in the radiation safety management showed significant differences according to the sex, age, marriage, education, and experience. Also, males of married, older, highly educated, and largely experienced represented high knowledge levels. Attitude levels in the radiation safety management showed certain significant differences according to the type of medical centers in which private hospitals showed a relatively low level compared to that of high levels in university hospitals. Behavior levels in the radiation safety management also represented significant differences according to the age, marriage, education, experience, and types of medical centers. Factors in married, general hospital, older, highly educated, and largely experienced showed high behavior levels. In addition, the self-efficacy showed certain differences according to the marriage and types of medical centers. Factors in married and general hospital demonstrated high self-efficacy levels. 3. Relationship between knowledge, attitude, behavior, and self-efficacy on the radiation safety management showed statistical differences according to the relationship between the knowledge and the attitude, the knowledge and the behavior, the attitude and the behavior, the attitude and the self-efficacy, and the behavior and the self-efficacy. The relationship between the behavior and the self-efficacy was represented as r = 0.482, which was the strongest relationship in such factors. Also, the knowledge and self-efficacy didn't show certain relationships.

의료기관 방사선종사자의 방사선안전관리에 대한 지식, 태도 및 행위와 자기효능감 간의 관련성

의료기관 방사선안전관리는 방사선 피폭에 의한 장해발생을 방지하기 위해 전 국민적 차원에서 필요한 부분이다. 의료기관 방사선안전관리의 주도자로 볼 수 있는 방사선종사자를 대상으로 교육학적 접근인 방사선안전관리에 대한 지식, 태도 및 행위와 행위에 영향을 미치는 주요변수인 자기효능감의 특성을 파악하고 변수간의 관련성을 분석하여 방사선안전관리 행위수준을 높이는데 필요한 근거자료를 제공하고자 국내의 종합병원, 대학병원, 병원, 의원,보건소 등에 근무하는 방사선종사자 1,200명을 대상으로 2006년 7월 23일부터 42일간 설문조사를 실시하여 다음과 같은 결과를 도출하였다. 1. 방사선 안전관리에 대한 지식, 태도 및 행위의 평균점수는 각각 $75.76{\pm}11.20$점, $90.55{\pm}8.59$점, $80.58{\pm}11.70$점으로 나타났다. 자기효능감의 평균점수는 $73.55{\pm}9.82$으로 나타났다. 2. 방사선안전관리에 대한 지식수준은 남자, 기혼인 경우, 연령이 높을수록, 학력 수준이 높을수록, 경력이 많을수록 비교적 높은 것으로 나타났다. 방사선안전관리에 대한 태도수준은 의원이 낮았고, 대학병원이 높게 나타났다. 방사선안전관리에 대한 행위수준은 기혼, 종합병원인 경우, 연령이 높을수록, 학력 수준이 높을수록, 경력이 많을수록 높은 것으로 나타났다. 자기효능감 수준은 기혼, 종합병원인 경우 높은 것으로 나타났다. 3. 방사선안전관리에 대한 지식, 태도 및 행위와 자기효능감 간의 상관관계는 지식과 태도, 지식과 행위, 태도와 행위, 태도와 자기효능감, 행위와 자기효능감이 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 나타냈다. 행위와 자기효능감과의 관계는 r = 0.482로 상관관계가 가장 강하였고 지식과 자기효능감은 상관관계를 나타내지 않았다.