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Job Characteristics and Status of Community Occupational Therapist : Focus on OTs in Public Health Centers

지역사회 작업치료사의 업무 특성 및 실태 조사 : 보건소 근무 작업치료사를 중심으로

  • Min, Kyoung-chul (Dept. of Occupational Therapy, Seoul Metropolitan Children Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Eun-hee (Dept. of Occupational Therapy, Uiwang Public Health Centerl) ;
  • Woo, Hee-soon (Dept. of Occupational Therapy, Wonkwong University)
  • 민경철 (서울특별시 어린이병원 재활의학과 작업치료실) ;
  • 김은희 (의왕시 보건소 치매센터팀) ;
  • 우희순 (원광대학교 의과대학 작업치료학과, 환경과학연구소)
  • Received : 2020.11.19
  • Accepted : 2020.12.28
  • Published : 2020.12.31

Abstract

Objective : This study was conducted to identify occupational therapists working in public health centers, the characteristics and actual conditions of occupational therapists in the community, and use them as basic data on occupational therapists in the community as of 2020. Methods : 77 questionnaires were replied by e-mail from OTs work at nationwide health public centers. Job characteristics and status were analysed by descriptive statistics and check correlation between job satisfaction and other factors. Results : Most survey respondents were female(77.9%) and 20-30(96.1%).. Some occupational therapists worked for dementia related team(72.7%) and others worked for like visiting care, health care, and rehabilitation center etc. Rate of experiences of public health center was 1-2 years(67.5%), the most common type of contract was flexible part-time worker(61%) and work intensity(94.8%) and satisfaction of work was very high(85.7%). The highest difficulty of their job was budget administrative work(26.7%) and of non-work difficulty was inequality under contracts(27.2%). They usually participated at dementia shelter, visiting OT, group OT. Difficulty of their job was high in budget administration, dementia shelters, and visiting work treatments. Goals of treatment were high in improvement of cognitive ability and, family support. Frequency of treatment was high in improvement of cognitive therapy, family support, and evaluation. Occupational therapy targets for health centers were dementia, the general elderly, and adult brain lesions, including those for ordinary people, psychiatric disorders and children. It was found that the primary occupations for evaluation were nurses (35.7%) and occupational therapists (33.7%), and that MMSE-DS, SGDS, and SMCQ were used a lot. Conclusion : This study could identify the job characteristics and status of community OTs. We hope that this result could be basic data for building expertise and role for community OTs in changing situations like community cares.

목적 : 본 연구는 보건소에 근무하는 작업치료사를 대상으로 지역사회 작업치료사의 업무 특성 및 실태를 파악하여, 2020년 현재 지역사회 작업치료사에 관한 기초자료로서 활용하고자 시행하였다. 연구방법 : 전국 보건소에 근무하는 작업치료사를 대상으로 이메일을 통해 설문지를 배포하여 응답을 수렴하였다. 수집된 응답지 77부를 기술통계 및 상관관계 분석을 적용하였다. 결과 : 설문응답자는 여자(77.9%), 20-30대(96.1%)가 많았고, 주로 치매 관련 팀(72.7%)에서 근무하였으며 방문, 건강, 재활 관련 다양한 팀에 소속되어 있었다. 보건소 경력은 1-2년(67.5%), 계약형태는 시간선택제 공무원(61%)이 가장 많았고, 업무 강도는 보통-매우 높음(94.8%)이, 만족도는 보통-매우 만족(85.7%)이라는 응답이 가장 많았다. 업무 고충은 예산 행정 업무(26.7%), 업무 외 고충은 계약에 따른 불평등(27.2%)이 가장 높았다. 주로 참여하는 업무는 치매 쉼터, 방문 작업치료, 그룹 작업치료이었으며, 난이도는 예산 행정, 치매 쉼터, 방문 작업치료가 높았다. 주요 치료 목표는 인지능력 향상, 가족 지지가 많았고, 빈도는 인지능력 향상, 가족 지지, 평가가 높았다. 보건소 작업치료 대상은 치매, 일반 노인, 성인 뇌병변 순이었으며, 일반인, 정신과 질환, 아동 관련 대상도 포함되어있었다. 주로 평가를 진행하는 직군은 간호사(35.7%), 작업치료사(33.7%)였으며, MMSE-DS, SGDS, SMCQ를 많이 사용하는 것으로 조사되었다. 결론 : 본 연구를 통해 지역사회 작업치료사의 업무 특성 및 실태를 확인하였다. 치매 관련 사업 등 일부분에 집중되어 있는 작업치료 업무를 넘어선 전문적인 분야 개발 및 참여가 필요하며, 추후 커뮤니티 케어로 확장되고 있는 지역사회 재활의 흐름에 발맞춘 지역사회 작업치료사의 전문적인 역할 정립을 위한 자료로 활용되기를 바란다.

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