앤더슨 모형을 적용한 산업체 근로자 직업유형에 따른 구강보건행위와 치과이용에 영향을 미치는 요인

• Published in: Han'guk Ch'iwisaeng Hakhoe chi Vol. 15; no. 2; pp. 235 - 243
• Main Authors: 임애정, Ae Jung Im, 허윤민, Yun Min Heo, 김형주, Hyoung Joo Kim, 임희정, Hee Jung Lim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 한국치위생학회 30.04.2015
• Subjects: Andersen model; dental service utilization; industrial workers; oral health behaviors; oral health belief; 구강건강신념; 구강보건행위; 산업체 근로자; 앤더슨모형; 치과의료이용; 치의학
• ISSN: 2287-1705; 2288-2294
• DOI: 10.13065/jksdh.2015.15.02.235

Objectives: The purpose of the study is to investigate the oral health and oral health beliefs in industrial workers and to analyze the influencing factors on dental health care utilization. Methods: The subjects were 280 adults from 16 to 64 years old in Seoul and Gyeonggi from June 20 to July 31, 2014, A self-reported questionnaire was completed after receiving informed consent. The independent variables consisted of predisposing, enabling, and need factors. The predisposing factors included gender, age, residence area, number of family. The enabling variables included monthly income, education, occupation, type of employment. The need factors included subjective oral health recognition and oral health belief model. These three variables had a direct and indirect influence on dental clinic use. The types of occupation were classified into desk duties, merchandizing and service duties technology and others by KSCO-6. Results: The relating factors to dental health care utilization were sex, oral health beliefs perceived benefits, perceived barriers, and self-efficacy. Female tended to have the higher oral health beliefs perceived benefits, perceived barriers(p<0.01), self-efficacy(p<0.05). Conclusions: Those who received frequent oral examination and health instruction tended to have a favorable impact on maintenance of oral health status and improvement in quality of life.