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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2011.12.10.4484

The Relationship between Physical Subjective Symptoms and Practice of Health Behavior of Dental Technicians  

Kwon, Eun-Ja (Dept. of Dental Technology, Hyejeon College)
Han, Min-Soo (Dept. of Dental Technology, Hyejeon College)
Oh, Seon-Mi (Dept. of Dental Technology, Hyejeon College)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.12, no.10, 2011 , pp. 4484-4492 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to analyze dental laboratory's self health recognition level and health behavior level and to examine its correlation. 250 dental technicians in Seoul, Incheon, and Jeonbuk area were selected. Survey was carried out from October 11, 2010 to November 25, 2010 by using self-administered questionnaire. The following are the analytical results in the collected data. The average in the self- health recognition was indicated to be high with 2.83, The average of health behavior was indicated to be high with 2.76. As for correlation between self health recognition and health behavior, most of variables were indicated to have reverse correlation, it was concluded that higher health behavior likely led to lower self health recognition. From the result of this study, the work environment of dental technician must be improved and do more Practice of Health Behavior to improve and maintain their health.
Keywords
Dental technician; Health behavior; Physical subjective symptoms;
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