치과위생사의 작업환경과 통증자각증상 연구 = A study on dental hygienist environmental working conditions and subjective pain symptoms치과위생사의 작업환경과 통증자각증상 연구

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Objectives. The purpose of this study was to understand and examine the environmental conditions and subjective pain symptoms of dental hygienists. Methods. The subjects of this study were 635 dental hygienists who are working at various types of dental hospitals and clinics around the country. Data were analyzed with a t-test, one-way ANOVA and multivariable logistic regression analysis SPSS 12.0. Results. The perception of environmental working conditions significantly differed according to socio-demographic and job-related characteristics. For subjective pain symptoms, the symptoms of the experimental group of which the environmental condition score was less than 3 was significantly higher than the group of which the score was more than 4. The frequency of subjective pain symptoms had a relationship with the physical environment (OR=0.31; 95% CI: 0.17-0.55) and the duty-related environment (OR=0.33; 95% CI: 0.18-0.59). The severity of subjective pain symptoms had a relationship with the system-related (OR=0.52; 95% CI: 0.29-0.93) and duty-related environments (OR=0.31; 95% CI: 0.18-0.52). Conclusions. In order to reduce dental hygienists` subjective pain symptoms, improving the work environment of dental institutions to a satisfactory level is considered to be urgent.