Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene (한국치위생학회지)

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Development of job satisfaction scale for dental hygienist

치과위생사의 직무만족에 관한 측정도구 개발

  • Park, Ji-Hyeon (Department of Dental Hygiene, The Graduate School of Namseoul University) ;
  • Lim, Soon-Ryun (Department of Dental Hygiene, The Graduate School of Namseoul University)
  • 박지현 (남서울대학교 대학원 치위생학과) ;
  • 임순연 (남서울대학교 대학원 치위생학과)
  • Received : 2020.09.25
  • Accepted : 2020.11.09
  • Published : 2020.12.30
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Abstract

Objectives: This study was conducted to develop a dental hygienist's job satisfaction scale and to evaluate its validity and reliability. Methods: A total of 34 preliminary questions were composed based on the components commonly defined in previous studies and in-depth interviews. Results: The results of the study were practice activity, professional satisfaction, income, working conditions, patient relations, and co-worker relations using the exploratory factor analysis. Goodness of fit of the model assessed using confirmatory factor analysis generally met the criteria. On verification of the internal consistency, the Cronbach's alpha for the factors were as follows: 0.821 for practice activity, 0.822 for professional satisfaction, 0.847 for income, 0.765 for working condition, 0.743 for patient relations, and 0.747 for co-worker relations, which implied that the measurement tool was reliable. Through exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, a total of 24 items for six factors: six items for practice activity factors, four items for professional satisfaction, three items for income, four items for working conditions, three items for patient relationships, and three items for coworker relations. Conclusions: Based on the aforementioned results, the validity and reliability of the dental hygienist's job satisfaction measurement tool were satisfactory. Thus, it may be used for assessing the job satisfaction of the dental hygienists in future.

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