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Status of oral health care provided by care workers in accordance with their oral health awareness and knowledge

요양보호사의 구강보건인식 및 지식에 따른 구강보건제공현황

  • Kim, Min-young (Dept. of Dental Hygiene, Collage of Medical Science, Konyang University) ;
  • Kang, Kyung-hee (Dept. of Dental Hygiene, Collage of Medical Science, Konyang University)
  • 김민영 (건양대학교 의과학대학 치위생학과) ;
  • 강경희 (건양대학교 의과학대학 치위생학과)
  • Received : 2016.11.20
  • Accepted : 2016.12.20
  • Published : 2016.12.31
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Abstract

By studying the status of oral health provided by caregivers working in care facilities in accordance with their oral health awareness and knowledge, this thesis sought to find a plan of development to enhance the oral health for the elderly in care facilities. A survey was carried out from the 16th of August to the 2nd of September 2016, with 200 care givers as the subjects, working in 14 long-term care facilities for elderly, located in the city of D. Frequency analysis and independent sample t-test were conducted of the collected data, using SPSS 18.0. The results of the study were as follows; for gender, female was 91.5% which was higher than that of male, and married for marital status, 50 for age, highschool for education, christian for religion were shown to be the highest. The highest number of people for daily care was 6~7. In terms of status for providing oral health and oral health awareness of caregivers, the existence of oral hygiene guideline was statistically meaningful, and in terms of the status of oral health provided and oral health knowledge, there were notable differences in storage of dentures, and usage of mouthwash(p<.05).

본 연구는 요양시설에 근무 중인 요양보호사의 구강보건인식 및 지식 따른 구강보건제공현황에 관하여 연구함으로써 요양시설에서 노인들의 구강건강을 증진시킬수 있는 발전 방안을 모색하고자 하였다. 2016년 8월 16일부터 9월 2일까지 D시에 소재한 장기노인요양시설 14개소에 근무하는 요양보호사 200명을 대상으로 설문을 실시하였다. 수집한 자료는 SPSS 18.0을 이용하여 빈도분석 및 독립표본 t-test를 실시하였다. 연구결과, 대상자 성별은 여자가 91.5%로 남자보다 많았고, 결혼은 기혼자, 연령은 50대, 학력은 고등학교, 종교는 기독교가 가장 높았다. 하루케어인원은 6~7명이 가장 많았다. 요양보호사의 구강보건제공현황과 구강보건인식에서는 구강위생지침서유무에서 통계적으로 유의하였고, 구강보건제공현황과 구강보건지식에서는 틀니 물에 보관여부, 가글액 사용에서 유의한 차이가 있었다(p<.05).

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