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http://dx.doi.org/10.18598/kcbot.2020.10.3.04

Job Characteristics and Status of Community Occupational Therapist : Focus on OTs in Public Health Centers  

Min, Kyoung-chul (Dept. of Occupational Therapy, Seoul Metropolitan Children Hospital)
Kim, Eun-hee (Dept. of Occupational Therapy, Uiwang Public Health Centerl)
Woo, Hee-soon (Dept. of Occupational Therapy, Wonkwong University)
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The Journal of Korean society of community based occupational therapy / v.10, no.3, 2020 , pp. 37-52 More about this Journal
Abstract
Objective : This study was conducted to identify occupational therapists working in public health centers, the characteristics and actual conditions of occupational therapists in the community, and use them as basic data on occupational therapists in the community as of 2020. Methods : 77 questionnaires were replied by e-mail from OTs work at nationwide health public centers. Job characteristics and status were analysed by descriptive statistics and check correlation between job satisfaction and other factors. Results : Most survey respondents were female(77.9%) and 20-30(96.1%).. Some occupational therapists worked for dementia related team(72.7%) and others worked for like visiting care, health care, and rehabilitation center etc. Rate of experiences of public health center was 1-2 years(67.5%), the most common type of contract was flexible part-time worker(61%) and work intensity(94.8%) and satisfaction of work was very high(85.7%). The highest difficulty of their job was budget administrative work(26.7%) and of non-work difficulty was inequality under contracts(27.2%). They usually participated at dementia shelter, visiting OT, group OT. Difficulty of their job was high in budget administration, dementia shelters, and visiting work treatments. Goals of treatment were high in improvement of cognitive ability and, family support. Frequency of treatment was high in improvement of cognitive therapy, family support, and evaluation. Occupational therapy targets for health centers were dementia, the general elderly, and adult brain lesions, including those for ordinary people, psychiatric disorders and children. It was found that the primary occupations for evaluation were nurses (35.7%) and occupational therapists (33.7%), and that MMSE-DS, SGDS, and SMCQ were used a lot. Conclusion : This study could identify the job characteristics and status of community OTs. We hope that this result could be basic data for building expertise and role for community OTs in changing situations like community cares.
Keywords
Community occupational therapy; Public health center occupational therapy; Community centered rehabilitation;
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