• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.85-94
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• 2020

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to improve awareness of male dental hygiene by investigating the dentists' perception of male dental hygienists' image and work performance in clinical practice. Methods: The participants were 102 dentists who agreed to participate in this study. They completed- a self-administered questionnaire survey available on a website. The questionnaire comprised 26 questions, with each item scored on a 5-point Likert scale. Results: The male dentists perceived that with an increase in the experience of male dental hygienists would be willing to pay more than for female dental hygienists. In the case of male dentists, male dental hygienists perceived that they would feel stressed in a women-centered work environment. Additionally, it was found that dentists who had experience working with Male dental hygienists responded more positively to work performance awareness than had no experience (p<0.05). Conclusions: Active employment of male dental hygienists in clinical practice, could positively change dentists' perception of male dental hygienists.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제10권12호
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• pp.191-197
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• 2019

본 연구는 남자 치과위생사의 학업 및 직무관련 스트레스 요인을 파악하고 향후 남자 치과위생사 학업 및 직무스트레스와 이직률을 낮추는데 필요한 기초자료로 제공 하고자 하였다. 연구방법은 치과병원 및 치과의원에 근무하는 경력 1년 이상 5년 이하인 남자 치과위생사 5명을 대상으로 일대일 인터뷰를 실시하였으며 인터뷰는 1시간 정도 소요되었다. 연구결과 학업에서 주된 스트레스의 요인으로는 대인관계 및 많은 과제량으로 응답하였으며, 직무에서 주된 스트레스의 요인으로는 여성직원 및 상사와의 소통 문제, 미래에 대한 불안감으로 응답하였다. 스트레스 해소는 친구와의 만남, 휴식, 취미생활로 해소하고 있었다. 본 연구결과를 통하여 볼 때, 남자치과위생사의 학업생활에서 대인관계 개선, 취업 정보에 대한 정보제공, 남자치과위생사로서 직업에 대한 확신과 미래지향적인 목표를 찾을 수 있는 방안을 제시할 필요성이 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 보건의료산업학회지
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.127-140
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• 2012

This study involved an investigation of perception of dental hygienists based on a self-reported survey of a sample of 230health care personnel working at long-term care hospitals located in Gyeonggi Province, Korea. The primary objective was to provide basic data for establishing various policies related to building up a positive image of dental hygienists as a profession. The results were as follows. 79.1% of the respondents recognized dental hygienists as a profession. Among the titles for a dental hygienist, "teacher" was the most common with 47.4% of all. Female respondents and respondents who were able to discern between dental hygienists and nursing assistants were more likely to perceive dental hygienists positively than male respondents and ones who were not, respectively. Among social perceptions of dental hygienists was there a negative finding, that is, there was no appropriate title to address dental hygienists. This negative finding indicates that there is a vital need to enhance the perception of who are dental hygienists as a professionals level at the individual as well as institutional level.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.369-377
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• 2023

Objectives: The aim of this study was to develop and validate a Korean-adapted version of the job expectations scale for dental hygienists. Methods: To achieve this goal, a comprehensive methodology was employed, including frequency analysis, exploratory factor analysis (maximum likelihood, direct oblimin rotation), confirmatory factor analysis, Cronbach's α reliability, independent t-test, and one-way ANOVA (Duncan post-hoc test) were performed. Results: The Korean version of job expectations scale for dental hygienists comprised 21 items in the personal domain and 5 items in the social domain. The scale demonstrated high construct validity, convergent validity, discriminant validity, and reliability were found. While dental hygienists were found to have higher expectations in the their personal domain than the social domain, expectations in the social domain were higher among male hygienists, those with a bachelor's degree or higher, those in regular permanent employment, and those working in hospital-level or higher facilities. Conclusions: Job expectations is a more comprehensive construct than job roles or professional identity. We anticipate that the instrument will be widely used to analyze trends in job expectations in response to changes in societal values regarding to dental hygienists, the gap between realities and ideals within the dental hygiene profession, and policy considerations.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.142-149
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• 2016

이번 연구는 치과병(의)원급에 근무하는 남자 치과위생사의 직무 스트레스와 직무 만족이 이직의도를 결정하는 데 어떠한 영향을 끼치는지 파악하고자 남자 치과위생사 분포가 많은 서울, 경기, 인천, 부산, 경남 지역의 110명을 대상으로 연구목적을 설명한 후 2015년 11월 10일부터 12월 7일까지 이메일로 설문지를 배부하여 110부 중 97부를 회수하였다. 연구도구는 일반적 특성 8문항, 직무 스트레스 21문항, 직무 만족은 6문항, 그리고 이직의도 6문항 질문에 대하여 각각 5점 척도로 응답한 평균 점수로 측정하였다. 남자 치과위생사의 일반적 특성에 따른 직무 스트레스 평균은 5점 만점에서 3.05점, 직무 만족도의 평균은 2.92점, 이직의도의 평균은 3.47점으로 나타났다. 직무 스트레스 세부영역별로는 근무환경(평균 3.34), 전문가 입장(평균 3.14), 치과에서의 장래성(평균 2.94), 직장 내 대인관계(평균 2.57) 순으로 나타났다. 직무 스트레스 하위요인별 치과에서의 장래성, 직장 내 대인관계는 직무 만족에 통계적으로 유의미한 부(-)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다(p<0.05). 직무 스트레스와 직무 만족을 독립변수로, 이직의도를 종속변수로 하여 회귀분석 한 결과, 직무 스트레스는 이직의도에 통계적으로 유의미한 정(+)의 영향을 미치며(p<0.01), 직무 만족은 이직의도에 통계적으로 유의미한 부(-)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다(p<0.001). 직무 스트레스의 하위 요인별 근무환경, 치과에서의 장래성, 전문가 입장은 이직의도에 통계적으로 유의미한 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다(p<0.05). 남자 치과위생사의 이직의도를 줄이기 위해서는 직무 스트레스를 낮추고 직무 만족을 높이는 다방면의 관리가 필요하고, 남자 치과위생사의 근무환경, 치과에서의 장래성, 전문가 입장에 대한 스트레스 관리가 우선시되어야 하며, 직무 만족을 높이기 위해서는 치과에서의 장래성, 직장 내 대인관계에 대한 관리가 중요함을 시사한다. 이와 관련하여 남자 치과위생사와 여자 치과위생사간의 직무 스트레스, 직무 만족 이직의도에 대한 비교연구가 추가적으로 실시된다면 치과 의료기관 근무자의 성별에 따른 맞춤형 인력관리를 제시할 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.1013-1024
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• 2017

Objectives: The study investigated health professionals working in the metropolitan area and Jeolla-bukdo, South Korea, from April 30 to May 17, 2017 to understand their views on the issue of including dental hygienists in the scope of medical personnel of South Korea. Methods:A total of 270 surveys were analyzed in this study. The survey consists of 5 questions on general issues; 10 on the awareness of present work of dental hygienist; and 1 on opposition or approval about including dental hygienist in medical personnel. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS for Windows 18.0, as well as frequency analysis, cross analysis and logistic regression analysis. Statistical significance level (${\alpha}$) is 0.05. Results: 1. Broken down by gender, male subjects showed more oppositions against including dental hygienists in the category of medical personnel while female subjects showed more favorable opinions (p<0.05). In terms of academic background, those who had graduated from graduate school or higher showed a higher propensity for opposition while those who had graduated from a 3-year college showed a higher tendency for approval on the idea (p<0.05), In terms of occupational type, health professionals showed more opposing views whereas medical technologists showed more approvals than others (p<0.001). 2. With respect to the awareness of work specialty and proficiency of dental hygienist according to general characteristics, the higher the age, the higher the awareness level was. In terms of the occupational type, medical technologists were found to have higher awareness level than health professionals (p<0.001). 3. With respect to the relationship between general characteristics and view on including dental hygienists in medical personnel, the occupational type of health professional was found to have 6.33 times more oppositions than medical technologists. When the awareness level on proficiency of dental hygienist was low, opposition was 6.52 times more frequent (p<0.05). Conclusions: Based on the findings above, the inclusion of dental hygienists in medical personnel seems necessary in properly establishing the specialty and role of dental hygienist in the dentist medical environment of the country in order to enhance national oral health related preventive dental service and expand the demand. To this end, it is necessary to provide nationwide promotion, work to change the awareness of health professionals in other occupational types, and facilitate public promotion for legal ground establishment.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.227-237
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• 2018

Objectives: This study aims to recognize the importance of dental hygiene process diagnosis of dental hygiene process which can comprehensively grasp the patient's problem and to use it as a basis for establishing the patient's preventive treatment plan. Methods: This study did survey to 443 patients who received treatment based on the oral health care program from a dental clinic in Busan from January 2015 to January 2017. Data analysis was performed using IBM SPSS Statistics (Version 21.0), and statistical significance level was set at ${\alpha}=0.05$. Binary logistic regression analysis was performed to the dental hygiene problems affecting the dental hygiene plan. Results: There were significant differences in dental hygiene problems between male and female respondents on various dental problems such as dental plaque deposition, attrition, stain, dental fear, possibility of jaw joint disorder, food pressing, possibility of malocclusion. There were also significant differences in dental hygiene plans between male and female respondents in air-Jet, non-smoking education, and sealant. The most common dental hygiene plan was scaling, The problem of stain showed that the scaling plan was 0.20 times less. The explanatory power of the model was 43.5%, and the Hosmer and Lemeshow tests were 0.345. Conclusions: Therefore, if we continue to study the factors affecting the dental hygiene problems and the plan, we can reduce the burden of the dental hygienists applying the dental hygiene process in the dental clinic. And, it is expected that the oral health care program using the dental hygiene process will spread to the dental clinic as an excellent oral preventive program.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.933-939
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• 2015

Objectives: This study aims to investigate the effect of job performance satisfaction and self-efficacy according to gender role identity in the dental hygienist. Methods: Data collection was performed from June 21 to July 31, 2015. The survey was composed of questions on the subject's general demographical profile, gender role identity, job satisfaction, job performace satisfaction, and self-efficacy as a dental hygienist. The job performance satisfaction and self-efficacy were done by Kruskal-Wallis test and Bonferroni post hoc test. Results: 1. The highest job performance satisfaction was shown as unclassified (36.6%), bisexuality (27.8%0, feminity (19.8%), and masculinity (15.9%). 2. There was a significant difference between the satisfaction as a dental hygienist and self-efficacy among the group (p<0.001). 3. Both female and male dental hygienists had the highest satisfaction and self-efficacy with the job performance. Conclusions: The satisfaction and self-efficacy with the job performance were influenced by gender role identity. Therefore, in order to enhance the satisfaction and self-efficacy as a dental hygienist, the education for the dental hygienist must include the gender role identity in the future.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.65-77
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• 2006

In this study, we surveyed the increasing rate of the licensed medical technicians from the year of 1970 to 2003 in Korea along with the investigation of the growth ratio by sex and fields among the licensed medical technicians. On the basis of this survey, this study aims to provide a milestone for the further studies to resolve the problems arising from asymmetry of sex ratio in some specific fields of medical technicians and oversupply of the in-service technicians. The results show that in contrast to the year 1970, the whole growth rate was 59.46%, males 28.98%, females 285.21%. In the case of sex ratio, in 1970 the figure of males to females was 6.63 to 1 but the figure of 2003 was 0.67 to 1, which indicates the number of female technicians are badly increasing. Until 2003, the ratio of female technicians was higher than the male technicians in the fields of medical technologists, physical therapists, dental hygienists, occupational therapists, medical record technicians but in radiologist technological, dental technicians and opticians the ratio was reversed.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.1017-1027
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• 2012

Objectives : The purpose of this study was to help form treatment relationship with patient through more effective communication by defining the relationship between dental hygienist's medical communication and outpatient's reliance satisfaction. Methods : The study researched 273 male and female patients who visited dental clinics and hospitals of Busan from March 12 to March 26, 2012 and its results are as follows. Results : 1. The linguistic communication of dental hygienist was $3.72{\pm}0.63$ and non-linguistic communication was $3.48{\pm}0.58$. 2. For the dental hygienist's reliance satisfaction, the reliance was $3.62{\pm}0.65$ and the satisfaction was $3.74{\pm}0.65$. 3. The dental hygienist's communication degree depending on general characteristic was statistically significant when the job of patient was housewife(p<0.001) and the number of dental clinic visits was more than 10 times (p<0.000). The dental hygienist's non-linguistic communication was statistically significant depending on patient's gender(p<0.000), age(p<0.002), job(p<0.001) and number of dental clinic visits (p<0.000). 4. The dental hygienist's reliance and satisfaction showed statistically significant difference depending on patient's gender(p<0.000), age(p<0.002), job(p<0.001) and number of dental clinic visits (p<0.000). 5. The dental hygienist's non-linguistic communication showed a positive correlation with reliance and satisfaction(p=0.000). Conclusions : When considering the result above, it is necessary to develop the teaching method and material to educate the communication ability of dental manpower. It is necessary to reinforce the curriculum of dental hygienics and the education of dental hygienist to perform effective, smooth communication between dental hygienists.