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A Comparative Study of Knowledge, Attitude, and Experience towards Dental Tourism between Indonesian and Korean People

한국과 인도네시아의 치과 의료관광에 대한 지식, 태도, 경험의 비교

  • Received : 2014.01.03
  • Accepted : 2014.03.20
  • Published : 2014.03.28
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Abstract

Nowadays, dental tourism becomes phenomenon because of its cost-effectiveness, improvement of quality and technology, dental infrastructure, and attractive tourism. Korea as one of popular destination country had established dental system. On the other hand, Indonesia with high number of population is potential market for dental tourism. The aim of this study is to compare the knowledge, attitude, and experience towards dental tourism among Indonesian and Korean. Two cross-sectional descriptive surveys were conducted to collect the data. This study was used one questionnaire in two different languages due to nature of the study population. Data from a total 923 of Indonesian from 33 provinces in Indonesia was collected during the period from April through July 2010. On the other hand, during May until August 2010 data from a total of 312 Korean were obtained. It was found that the majority of participants in both countries had never heard about dental tourism. Among those who had heard about dental tourism, the most common source was internet. Ownership of dental insurance had significant relationship with knowledge of dental tourism among Indonesian while level of education and monthly internet usage had it among Korean (p<0.05). Attitudes of Indonesian and Korean people about dental tourism were negative due to assumption that dental services in their home country were satisfactory. 100% of Korean had no experience on dental treatment in other countries while 2.4% of Indonesian had experience with it. In conclusion, regarding all these evidences, comprehensive and positive information about dental tourism is needed to enhance people's knowledge, attitude, and experience.

오늘날 치과의료관광은 자국에서의 비용-효과적인 측면과 치과진료의 질과 기술적인 측면 그리고 관광의 매력 때문에 보편적인 현상이 되어가고 있다. 우리나라는 인기 있는 의료관광지 중의 하나로 각광을 받고 있으며 인도네시아는 잠재적인 치과의료관광 시장으로서의 가치가 충분하다. 이에 본 연구에서는 한국과 인도네시아의 치과의료관광에 대한 지식, 태도, 그리고 경험을 비교하여 치과의료관광 발전의 기초자료를 제공하기 위해 시도되었다. 연구도구는 각국의 언어로 된 구조화된 설문지를 사용하였으며, 인도네시아는 2010년 4월부터 7월까지 33개 도시에서 총 923부를 조사하였고, 한국은 2010년 5월부터 8월까지 총 312부를 조사하였다. 연구 결과, 많은 응답자들이 치아의료관광에 대해 들어 본 경험이 없었고, 들어 본 사람들은 주로 인터넷을 통해 알고 있었다. 인도네시아의 경우 치과보험은 치과의료관광에 대한 지식에 유의한 상관관계가 있는 것으로 나타났고, 양국 모두 치과의료관광에 대한 태도는 자국의 치료가 더 안전하다고 느끼기 때문에 부정적인 측면이 강했다. 한국인 응답자 중에는 치과의료관광 경험자가 없는 반면, 인도네시아는 2.4%가 경험하였다. 본 연구 결과를 바탕으로 대상자들의 치과의료관광에 대한 지식과 태도, 경험을 높이기 위해서는 긍정적이고 포괄적인 정보의 제공이 효율적으로 생각되었다.

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