• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.901-911
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• 2011

Objectives : This study was conducted during the period from August 30 to September 9, 2011 in order to survey difference in the general perception of medical market opening and factors related to the choice of foreign hospitals among dental hygiene and nursing students at universities in Seoul. Methods : For this purpose, 438 students were surveyed using a questionnaire and collected data were analyzed using SPSSWIN 18.0. Conclusions drawn from this study are as follows. Results : 1. With regard to dental hygiene and nursing students' perception of medical market opening according to general characteristics, significant difference was not observed according to gender, experience in working at a hospital, medical institution used, and the frequency of using medical institutions, but significant difference was observed according to department, and interest in healthcare-related news. 2. There was significant difference in dental hygiene and nursing students'pro/con attitude toward medical market opening, but not in gender, experience in working at a hospital, medical institution used, and the frequency of using medical institutions. 3. With regard to intention to visit and revisit foreign hospitals, there was significant difference between dental hygiene and nursing students in intention to visit but not in intention to revisit. Conclusions : The results of this study suggest that more research on the medical market opening portion dental hygiene and nursing students' perception and attitude did not differ significantly, so the more accurate and open markets for a variety of medical education and school education and a variety of materials through hands-on experience be grasped should allow. Furthermore, students' acquisition of accurate prior knowledge about medical market opening is expected to be helpful to activate their employment in overseas.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.503-511
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• 2012

Objectives : This research seeks to present the data needed for the development of coping strategy, following medical market opening by identifying dental hygienists' perspective and coping measures towards the opening. Methods : One hundred eighty-eight dental hygienists were targeted to identify their level of perception towards medical market opening, attitude towards medical market opening, question of whether they agree or not with the opening and reasons, and coping measures and benefits of the medical market opening. t-test, chi-square test and cross-tabulation analysis were used for the analysis Results : First, team leaders are more aware of the medical market opening and hold greater sense of crisis towards opening compared to the rank and file. Second, the reasons cited for agreeing with the medical market opening included improvement of medical services' quality and diversification of services. As for the reasons for disagreeing, they cited the increase medical expenses paid by public. Third, limitation of the hospital management technique was cited the most when it comes to the scope of Korean hospitals' management crisis, followed by the limitations of the diagnosis procedure, limitations of the medical services, limitations of the medical techniques and increase in the number of large hospitals, in the order cited. Fourth, team leaders perceive greater need to seek coping measures from the aspect of realizing medical insurance fee from the policy development, service and system level aspects when it comes to the coping measures depending on their ranks. Conclusions : Therefore, Dental Hygienist has a comparatively low awareness of medical market opening, coping measures need to be explored to cope with the medical market opening by ensuring the dissemination of accurate knowledge through the education on the fees for dental hygienist and seminars in relation to the medical market opening.

• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.395-403
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• 2004

The purpose of this study is to investigate the structure relationships between job satisfaction of dental residents and its related factors. The study subject was 458 dental residents who were training at 6 university dental hospitals in Korea. Data for this study were obtained by self-administrated questionnaire during 3 months. Structure equation modeling using LISREL procedure was statistically appropriate and well fitted. By the model, the socio-demographic characteristics, working condition, and status perception directly influenced on subscale satisfactions, and the subscale satisfactions positively influenced on job satisfaction.

• 보건의료산업학회지
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.15-26
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• 2011

This study assessed and compared the expectation levels of in- and out-patients at hospitals of different size in relation to patients' view of their rights. A survey of out-patients visiting university hospitals (204 patients) and small to mid size community hospitals (215 patients) in Seoul and Kyeongki Province was conducted, where the respondents reported their perceptions of patient rights. Based on the survey, their respective expectation levels for the medical services that they would receive was assessed and analyzed for exploring possible factors for their selecting small to mid sized hospitals over larger hospitals. The results showed difference in perceptions between patients visiting or staying in lager and smaller hospitals. Namely, for out-patients, those at university hospitals had higher perceptions only about their rights to privacy while in hospital, whereas in the case of in-patients, those at small to mid size hospitals had higher perceptions only about their rights to access to inspection information. With respect to the results from analysis of difference in the expectation level for medical services between university and non-university hospital patients, it was found that in-patients at university hospitals had higher perceptions about their rights to choose to see hospital visitors while in hospital and rights to access to religious facilities.

• 대한치과교정학회지
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• 제53권6호
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• pp.365-373
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• 2023

Objective: To investigate the potential correlation between fixed orthodontic retention failure and several patient- and treatment-related factors. Methods: Patients finishing treatment with fixed appliances between 2016 and 2017 were retrospectively included in this study. Those not showing fixed retention failure were considered as control group. Patients with fixed retention failure were considered as the experimental group. Additionally, patients with failure of fixed retainers in the period of June 2019 to March 2021 were prospectively identified and included in the experimental group. The location of the first retention failure, sex, pretreatment dental occlusion, facial characteristics, posttreatment dental occlusion, treatment approach and presence of oral habits were compared between groups before and after treatment separately by using a Fisher exact test and a Mann-Whitney U test. Results: 206 patients with fixed retention failure were included, 169 in the mandibular and 74 in the maxillary jaws. Significant correlations were observed between retention failure in the mandibular jaws and mandibular arch length discrepancy (P = 0.010), post-treatment growth pattern (P = 0.041), nail biting (P < 0.001) and abnormal tongue function (P = 0.002). Retention failure in the maxillary jaws was more frequent in patients with IPR in the mandibular jaws (P = 0.005) and abnormal tongue function (P = 0.021). Conclusions: This study suggests a correlation between fixed retention failure and parafunctional habits, such as nail biting and abnormal tongue function. Prospective studies with larger study populations could further confirm these results.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제16권10호
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• pp.6558-6566
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• 2015

본 연구는 치과위생사의 전문직업성에 영향을 미치는 직업기초능력요소를 추출하고자 2013년 12월부터 2014년 2월까지 대학병원, 치과병(의)원, 보건(지)소에 각각 근무하는 치과위생사 230명 중 207명을 대상으로 시행하였다. 일반적 사항에 따른 직업기초능력 및 전문직업성은 one-way ANOVA 및 t-test를 이용하여 p<0.05 수준에서 유의성을 검증하였으며, 치과위생사 전문직업성에 영향을 미치는 기초직업능력 구성요소는 단계적 중다회귀분석을 실시하여 표준화 회귀계수(${\beta}$)로 나타냈다. 연구 결과 자기개발능력, 조직이해능력과 수리능력에 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났다. 이를 위해 자기개발능력은 토의법, 조직이해능력은 팀티칭을 통해 교수-학습 방법을 진행하고, 인턴쉽과 현장실습을 보다 체계적이고 계획적으로 운영해야 할 것이다. 더불어 신입생을 대상으로 치과위생사의 전문직업성에 영향을 미치는 직업기초능력 요소를 분명히 주지시키고, 장기적인 안목으로 학생 개인과 학과, 대학차원의 노력과 프로그램 개발이 선행되어져야 할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.329-337
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• 2019

치과의료에 대한 공급은 갈수록 증가하고 있고 이에 따라 구강보건 전문인력인 치과위생사의 역할은 더욱 중요해지고 있다. 그러나 아직까지 치과위생사의 직업전문성이 의료현장에서 실제로 인정받는다고 보기에는 힘든 상황이며, 이로 인해 치과위생사의 직무불만과 이직의도는 의료기관의 문제로 대두되고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 치과위생사의 직무만족과 이직의도에 영향을 미치는 선행요인을 탐색하여 조직유효성을 증진시키는 방법을 모색하고자한다. 선행요인을 보다 다각도로 탐색하게 위해 개인의 특성(낙관성)과 직무와 관련된 특성(직업전문성) 그리고 조직과 관련된 특성(조직지원인식)으로 구분하여 접근하였다. 치과 의료기관에 근무하는 치과위생사들 199명의 자료를 분석한 연구결과, 치과위생사의 낙관성과 직업전문성, 그리고 조직지원인식은 모두 직무만족도를 높여 궁극적으로 이직의도를 낮출 수 있는 것으로 나타났다. 특히 조직지원인식은 이직의도에 대해 직접적인 효과를 미치기도 하지만 직무만족이라는 매개변수에 의해 보다 큰 효과를 미치는 것으로 밝혀졌다. 본 연구의 결과는 치과위생사의 높은 이직률과 직무불만으로 고통받는 치과 의료기관들에게 문제해결을 위한 기초자료를 제공할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• International Journal of Oral Biology
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.185-190
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• 2010

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the most prevalent pathogens in hospitals. To investigate cross contamination by this bacterium in both dental and medical settings, the pathogens that cause acute pyogenic infection and one of the major microbes responsible for nosocomial infection were isolated from health care providers, nurses and patients. We used VITEK II to measure drug sensitivity, and we further performed biochemical testing, coagulase serotype testing and pulse-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) for isolated MRSA colonies. The isolation rate of Staphylococcus aureus from nasal swabs was 75.0% from dental health care providers and 18.8% from the medical health care providers. A total of 10 MRSA strains were isolated from 40 health care providers and 2 patients and the prevalent coagulase serotype from patients and health care providers was VII. The antimicrobial drug resistance and partial PFGE types of the isolated MRSA strains showed a similar pattern. These results suggest that MRSA may be one of the principal causes of nosocomial infection in dental and medical hospitals.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.281-287
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• 2022

Objectives: This study, investigated the satisfaction of patients who received the procedure using an implant guide to identify factors affecting satisfaction in dental hospitals and clinics in Jeollanam-do. Methods: From December 2021 to February 2022, questionnaires randomly were collected from 128 patients aged 20 to 90 years visiting dental hospitals and clinics using surgical guides in some areas of Jeollanam-do. Results: There was a negative correlation between the overall satisfaction average and Visual Analog Scale (VAS) pain level (r=-0.414, p<0.001), and a negative correlation between VAS pain level and VAS satisfaction (r=-0.273, p<0.05), As subjective pain decreased, subjective satisfaction increased, and as subjective pain increased, the overall satisfaction average also decreased, showing an inverse correlation. Factors affecting satisfaction with the guide for implant surgery were whether you would like to recommend it to people around you (β=0.556), whether you would like to explain the guide (β=0.194), and whether you thought it was good to receive the guide (β=0.199). Conclusions: Therefore, in order to increase the satisfaction of the implant surgical guide procedure, it is considered important to perform a sufficient explanation of the implant surgical guide before the procedure.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.197-211
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• 2007

The purpose of this study was to examine the image of dental hygienists. The subjects in the study were 396 patients and their caregivers who visited 14 dental hospitals and dentists' offices in and around Seoul. After a survey was conducted, the following findings were given: 1. The people investigated gave a mean of 4.0 to the image of dental hygienists. Dental hygienists rated highest in terms of looking neat and tidy(4.33), and were given the lowest marks in arbitrary job performance(3.46). 2. There appeared four different types of dental hygienist images, which made a 59.824 prediction of the image of dental hygienists in general. A typical image(4.11) was most dominant, followed by professional one(4.07), personal one(4.01) and social one(3.73). 3. The relations between the general characteristics of the respondents and their image of dental hygienists could be described as below: 1) By age, those who were in their 60s(4.12) had the best image of dental hygienists, and the teenagers(3.90) had the worst image of them. 2) By gender, the men(4.05) looked at dental hygienists more positively than the women(3.96). They had a significantly different opinion on the social image of dental hygienists according to gender(pE0.05). 3) By marital status, the married people(4.00) had a better image of dental hygienists than the unmarried ones(3.95). 4) As for the influence of the type of dental institutions, they had a more favorable image of dental hygienists in dentists' offices(4.13) than in dental hospitals(3.88). There was a broad significant difference in the way they looked at the professional and personal images of dental hygienists according to the type of dental institutions(pE0.001). 5) As to the impact of educational level, those who received community-college or higher education(4.01) had the best image of dental hygienists, and those who received middle-school or lower education(3.91) had the worst image of them. 6) By occupation, the government workers and students(4.07) had the best image of dental hygienists, and the company employees(3.90) had the worst image of them. They took a significantly different view of the social image of dental hygienists according to occupation(pE0.05). 7) Concerning the impact of the frequency of receiving dental treatment, the respondents who had received it seven times or more(4.16) had the best image of dental hygienists, and those who hadn't(3.79) the worst image of them. There was a wide significant gap according to that frequency. The way they looked at the typical, social and professional images of dental hygienists was quite different significantly according to that frequency as well(pE0.001). 8) As for the influence of whether they were accompanied by caregivers or not, the people who weren't accompanied by caregivers(3.99) had a better image of dental hygienists than those who were(3.97).