Browse > Article

A Study on Job Stress and Eating Behavior and Habits of Dental Hygienists  

Koong, Hwa-Soo (Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Medical Science, Konyang University)
Kim, Seong-Min (Department of Dental Hygiene, Sahmyook Health University)
Publication Information
Journal of dental hygiene science / v.12, no.5, 2012 , pp. 525-534 More about this Journal
Abstract
Study the effect of stress factors and increases in stress at work on the changes in eating behavior and habits and the influence of these changes on the health of dental hygienists. Use the responses of 273 dental hygienists who work in or around the Seoul area after surveying them by post or face to face. The biggest reason for skipping breakfast was having no time (60.4%) and the most desired change in eating habits was over eating (33.0%) while 51.6% responded that they over ate or binge ate due to stress. The largest stress factor was work load 39.6% and subjects responded that after stress the amount of food consumed increased very much for 12.1%, very for 49.8%, indicating increased food consumption than usual. The group with the most job stress had a high level of self stress awareness (p<0.001), nervousness (p<0.01), back pains (p<0.001), optical fatigue (p<0.01), headache (p<0.01) and indigestion (p<0.01). The higher the job stress, the poorer the eating behavior was (p<0.01) and job stress was high for dental hygienists working in dental clinics with less than three dental hygienists (p<0.05). Low eating behavior scores could be seen in groups that took 4 night shifts per week (p<0.05). Job stress scores for high for groups with no break time during work (p<0.001) and these groups showed low eating behavior scores (p<0.01). Furthermore, if high levels of self stress awareness was present, job stress was very high (p<0.001) and eating behavior scores were the lowest (p<0.05). Job stress of dental hygienists impede the eating behavior and habits therefore has a negative influence on their health. There is a need for more efforts to solve this problem and thus maintain the health of dental hygienists.
Keywords
Dental hygienists; Eating behavior; Eating habit; Job stress;
Citations & Related Records
Times Cited By KSCI : 5  (Citation Analysis)
연도 인용수 순위
1 Lee YA, Jeong EK: A research on the job stress of dental hygienists and its countermeasure. J Korean Soc Hyg Sci 11: 149-157, 2005.
2 Park JR, Youn KL: A study on the job stress and job satisfaction of the dental hygienists working in dental clinics or dental hospitals in Seoul and the Gyeongnam region. J Korean Acad Dent Health 33: 309-320, 2009.
3 Han SY, Cho YC, Min HH, Ji MG: Psychosocial distress of dental hygienists' and their related factors. J Korean Acad Dental Hygiene Education 9: 319-326, 2009.
4 Chang SJ, Koh SB, Kang DM, et al.: Developing an occupational stress scale for korean employees. Korean J Occup Environ Med 17: 297- 317, 2005.
5 Lee SY, Yu BC: Relationship between occupational stress and work-related factors in dental hygienists. J Dent Hyg Sci 11: 553-562, 2011.
6 Chang SJ, Koh SB, Kang DM, et al.: A research for developing manuals and support programs for job stresses of high-risk people (Issue brief No. Health 2009-118-1268). The Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute, Incheon, 2009.
7 Lee KS, Tak JK, Chae JH, et al.: A research on employees' building strategies and practical methods for overcoming job stresses in job places. The Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, Incheon, 2000.
8 Kim DS, Lee KY, Kim MG, et al.: A research on the influences of job stresses and workload factors on the health of employees (Issue brief No. Researcher 2005-123-617). The Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute, Incheon, 2005.
9 Park JS, Kim SJ, Kim SA, et al.: A research on the development of measurement tool and standardization of Korean employees' job stresses (Issue brief No. Researcher 2003-43-291). The Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute, Incheon, 2003.
10 Kim HK, Kim JH: Relationship between stress and eating habits of adults in Ulsan. Korean J Nutr 42: 536-546, 2009.   DOI   ScienceOn
11 Lee YH, Rhie SG: The dietary behavior, nutrient intakes, and different stresses between university students and teachers in Kyunggi-do. Korean Journal of Community Living Science 13: 37-51, 2002.
12 Kim HK: A study on the food habits and stress of high school students in Ulsan. Published master's thesis, Ulsan University, Ulsan, 2011.
13 Yoon HS, Choi YY: Stress level and health-related behavior of nurses working in the Kyungnam Area. Korean J Community Nutr 8: 781-793, 2003.
14 Nam HJ, Lee SM, Park HR: An ecological study on dietary behaviors by the degree of stress among female college students in Suwon. Journal of Korean Society for Health Education and Promotion 19: 199-212, 2002.
15 Hong MS, Pak HO, Sohn CY: A study on food behaviors and nutrient intakes according to body mass index and body image recognition in female university students from Incheon. Korean J Food and Nutrition 24: 386-395, 2011.
16 Hong SM, Kim HK, Ahn YS: A study on the occupational stress, health status and somatization for dental hygienist. J Dent Hyg Sci 9: 295-302, 2009.
17 Son HJ, Kim SH, Choi MS: A survey on the job stress of dental hygienist on working environment. J Dent Hyg Sci 10: 387-394, 2010.
18 Gwon MY, Jung MH: Study of dental hygienist's stress degree and adaptation method. J Dent Hyg Sci 4: 133-140, 2004.
19 Lee MA, Lee EJ, Soh HK, et al.: Analysis on stress and dietary attitudes of male employees. Korean J Community Nutr 16: 337-352, 2011.   DOI
20 Ministry of Health and Welfare: Report on 2010 national health and nutrition survey, Seoul, 2012.
21 Park JE, Kim SJ, Choue RW: Study on stress, depression, binge eating, and food behavior of high school girls based on their BMI. Korean J Community Nutr 14: 175-181, 2009.
22 Yoo EM, Han HJ: A study on the work and turnover of clinical dental hygienists. J Dent Hyg Sci 11: 41-46, 2011.
23 Kim JH, Kim HJ: Relationship between turnover and job stress of dental hygienists, J Dent Hyg Sci 11: 47-53, 2011.
24 Lee HO, Ju OJ, Kim YI: An analysis on factors related to the job satisfaction of dental hygienists at j region. J Dent Hyg Sci 7: 65-72, 2007.
25 Kim JG, Kim JM, Choi MK: A study on the stress and dietary life of office workers in Seoul. Korean J Soc Food Cookery Sci 19: 413-422, 2003.
26 Kim ME: The effect of job stress in jobholders on xerostomia. J Dent Hyg Sci 12: 1-15, 2012.
27 Shin MK, Kang HL: Effects of emotional labor and occupational stress on somatization in nurses. J Korean Acad Nurs Admin 17: 158-167, 2011.   DOI
28 Park JG, Kim DS, Jang SH, et al.: Risk factors from job stresses and musculoskeletal system disorder of nurses. The Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute, Incheon, 2010.
29 Kim DJ: Effects of stress on dietary behavior in industrial employees. Puplished master's thesis, Wonkwang University, Iksan, 2010.