• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.937-947
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• 2020

Objectives: This study was conducted to investigate the factors that prevent dental patients from visiting the dental clinic. Methods: From June 22, 2020 to July 17, 2020, among patients 10 years or older who had visited the dental clinic, 314 individuals who agreed to the study were asked to fill out a self-administered questionnaire. The data were analyzed using the SPSS Statistics 22.0 program, and the significance level was set at 0.05. Results: The dental avoidance factors according to the general characteristics were high in women and housewives, and among the dental-related characteristics, the most common reason for visiting the dental clinic was experiencing pain. The factors influencing anxiety were fear, environment, stimulus, age, and exercise, and the factors influencing the fear were anxiety, stimulus, subjective oral health status, education, and exercise. The factors influencing the stimulus were environmental factors, fear, anxiety, and age, and the factors that influenced environmental factors were stimulus and anxiety. Conclusions: There is a need to develop measures and policies to overcome fear of dental procedures, such as developing a dental experience program and allowing patients to experience dental fear and anxiety in advance.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.247-254
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• 2007

This study was performed with the questionnaire survey on mercury knowledge and mercury exposure avoidance behavior, which was conducted among 1076 dental personnel in September, 2004. As for the factors effecting the mercury knowledge, it seems that they are closely related with the personnel's educational backgrounds, and their understandings of causing environmental hazardousness in the dental offices. And also, the factors effecting the behavior of mercury exposure avoidance are strongly connected with the knowledge points on mercury, the knowledge of air states in the dental clinic offices, the use of pincettes and gloves in squeezing, and rubber dam and gloves in mulling, the experience of environmental education on mercury, etc. In the survey, the higher points in mercury knowledge is closely related with the higher points in the behavior of mercury exposure avoidance. Nevertheless, the very fact that the lower points in the behavior among personnel takes on the aspect of the relatively higher points in knowledge on mercury may be understood that the generally acquired knowledge on mercury cannot be the critical factor of the behavior of mercury exposure avoidance.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.951-959
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• 2014

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to find out the fear of dentist care, subjective recognition of dental health, and quality of life in the male high school students and to analyze the influencing factors on dental health care. Methods: A self-reported questionnaire was filled out by 243 special high-school in Deagu province from March 3 to March 14, 2014. The questionnaire consisted of general characteristics of the subjects(5 questions), subjective recognition of health and activities to improve health(6 questions), dental fear(20 questions), oral health related quality of life(16 questions). The instrument for dental fear was adapted from measured by Berggren Dental Fear Survey(DFS). A total of 20 DFS questions included treatment avoidance(8 questions), stimulus reaction(6 questions), and physiological reaction(5 questions) and score by Likert 5 scale. Cronbach alpha was 0.974 in the study. Oral health related quality of life was measured by 16 questions of CPQ11-14 for the adolescents by Lau. CPQ11-14 consisted of oral symptoms(4 questions), functional restriction(4 questions), and emotional wellbeing(4 questions). The instrument was score by Likert 5 scale and Cronbach alpha was 0.9354 in the study. Data were analyzed using SPSS 18.0 program for ANOVA and multiple regression analysis. Results: Fear of dentist care showed significant differences in treatment avoidance factor(p<0.001), stimulus reaction factor (p<0.05), and physiological reaction factor(p<0.001). The factors depended on subjective recognition of health and health-improving activities and differences in treatment avoidance factor(p<0.05) and physiological reaction factor(p<0.01). The dental symptoms factors showed significant differences in health recognition(p<0.001), interest in health(p<0.001), alcohol drinking status(p<0.001) and regular meal(p<0.001). While function limit factors showed differences in health recognition (p<0.001), interest in health(p<0.001), smoking(p<0.001), alcohol drinking(p<0.001) and regular meal(p<0.001). Mental and social stabilities factors showed significant differences in health recognition(p<0.001), interest in health(p<0.001) and alcohol drinking status(p<0.001). Among the factors influencing on the quality of life in dental health, interest in health(p<0.005), alcohol drinking(p<0.005) and physiological reaction in the midst of fear of dentist care(p<0.001) were the significant impact factor. Conclusions: It is necessary to develop a continuous and systematical program of dental health and dental care by experts so that the students can reduce the fear of dentist care by regular dental checkup and preventive treatment and care.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.193-196
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• 2007

본 연구는 부산시내에 소재하는 치과의원 3곳을 임의 선정하여 2007년 4월 9일부터 5월 4일까지 치과에 내원한 20세 이상의 성인 178명을 대상으로 치과치료에 대한 공포감에 관련된 요인을 조사하고자 하였다. 일반적 특성 4개 문항과 20개 문항의 DFS를 이용하여 치과 치료에 대한 공포감의 정도를 자기기입방식으로 설문조사한 후 얻어진 자료를 분석한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 각 세부요인별 내적 일치도는 Cronbach의 신뢰도 계수가 0.662~0.921로 모든 요인의 신뢰도 계수가 0.6이상으로 나타나 Dental Fear Survey Scale(DFS)의 신뢰성을 알 수 있었다. 2. 세부요인 3가지 중 치료자극 반응요인이 다른 2가지의 요인보다 높은 공포감을 나타냈으며 일반적 특성에 따른 결과로는 여성이 남성보다, 연령이 높을수록, 교육수준이 높을수록, 그리고 월평균수입이 많을수록 치과 공포가 높게 나타났다. 3. 치과치료에 대한 전체적인 공포 정도에 영향을 미치는 요인으로는 치료자극 반응요인, 치과진료 회피요인, 생리적 반응요인이 유의한 변수로 작용하였고, 이 요인들에 의한 설명력은 66.1%였다.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.335-346
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• 2018

Objectives: This study was conducted to examine the degree of dental fear according to the experiences of the preventive dental care services. Methods: A self-administered survey was conducted in the subjects of male and female teenagers who lived in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do areas, and 231 copies of collected data for a month from July 26, 2017 were analyzed to find the following results. Results: In terms of the experiences of the preventive dental care services, they were classified in the order of preventive scaling (67.5%), education of toothbrushing (60.6%), fluoride application (49.8%) and sealant (44.2%). For the degree of dental fear according to their general characteristics, treatment avoidance factor ($2.56{\pm}1.19$) in the married was higher than that in the unmarried. All of treatment avoidance, physiological response and fearful stimulus induction factor, and the entire degree of fear were higher when there were experiences of the preventive dental care services than those without such experiences. The factors affecting the degree of dental fear included dental health conditions, experiences of toothbrushing education, sealant and fluoride application. In case those without the experiences considered their dental health condition was not healthy, the degree of dental fear was increased. Conclusions: This study verified that the degree of dental fear was increased in case no experiences of the preventive dental care services. Therefore, it is necessary to seek out the measures for promotion of the preventive dental care services, to reduce the degree of dental fear and enhance the dental health.

• 한국학교ㆍ지역보건교육학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.67-80
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• 2014

Objectives: This study is aimed to analyze the influential factors on the fear that college students and elderly people feel during the dental treatment and provide basic data needed to develop a plan which can lead them to have a positive perspective on dentistry. Methods: A questionnaire was distributed to 241 outpatients (39 college students, 202 elderly people) visiting dental clinic of 'K' University Hospital in Seoul from January to April, 2013. It was filled in a self-administered manner and collected right away. Results: factor analysis, three factors were configured when the factors with 1.0 or higher of eigenvalue were extracted using 19 questions through which dental fear and anxiety were measured against college students and elderly people. The questionnaires were classified into three categories: Factor I (stimulus response), Factor II (avoidance of the treatment) and Factor III (physiological response which occurs when a patient feels fear). As a result, it was confirmed that the questionnaire tool is highly feasible. In college students, the responses they felt during the dental treatment in the said three factors were as follows: 52.00% in Factor II, 14.14% in Factor II and 6.99% in Factor III (73.129% in total). In elderly people, on the contrary, they were 52.41% in Factor I, 10.57% in Factor II and 7.98% in Factor III (70.958% in total), lower than the college student group. Conclusions: This study is significant in that it confirmed complex relations between dental fear and related variables against college students and elderly people.

• 보건교육건강증진학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.47-65
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• 2006

Objectives: This research is to provide the basic data for the improvement on oral health by examining the relationship between the dental fear and the dental service utilization, and to discuss a strategy for dental health in order to lower the level of dental fear. Methods: Data were collected by conducting a structured survey of 1,607 people between the age of 13 and 70 who have experiences in visiting a dental institution. Both univariate and multivariate analyses were employed to analyze the relationship between the number of times dental service and dental fears. Results: The average level of dental fear the respondents reported was $52.16{\pm}15.71$ and 31.5% of the response was at the level of high dental fear. A strong physiologic response during the dental treatment was muscle tension and the stimulations that strongly arouse the dental fear were the anaesthetic needle and the sound of drill. A result of analysis on the relationship between the dental fear and the dental service utilization shows that as the level of dental fear became higher, the number of times for the dental service utilization for the last year had reduced. Also when a patient has an experience of putting off or canceling an appointment due to dental fear and as a physiologic response during the dental treatment became stronger, the result shows a tendency that the number of times for the dental service utilization for the last year had reduced. Conclusions: It has been observed that dental fear is one of the main barrier to use dental service. Therefore, a physio-psychological factor like the dental fear should be included in the task of promotion of dental health, and in analyzing the dental service utilization behavior. A discussion about how to lower dental fear was made with respect to oral health promotion. At individual level, improvement of communication skill by dental service providers should be made with rearrangement of clinic environment into more cozy one.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제9권12호
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• pp.401-409
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• 2018

본 연구는 2017년 1월부터 5월까지 일부지역치과에 내원하는 성인들을 대상으로 구강건강관리행태와 주관적 건강 인식수준을 파악하고 치과공포감에 미치는 영향요인을 파악하여 치과공포감을 낮추기 위한 기초자료를 마련하고자 한다. 치과공포에서 회피요인은 여자, 40대, 고졸이하, 주부, 300-399만원, 생리적 반응요인은 여자, 40대, 주부, 200-299점, 자극유발유인 여자, 30대, 주부, 전체공포수준은 30대, 주부, 400-499만원에서 높았다. 구강건강관리행태에 따른 공포감에서 치료회피요인은 구강검진을 하지 않고, 칫솔질방법이 틀린 경우, 생리적 반응요인과 자극반응요인은 검진을 하지 않고, 스케일링 경험이 없는 경우, 전체공포감은 검진을 하지 않고, 칫솔교환시기가 4개월 이상인 경우에서 치과공포감이 높았다. 치과공포에 영향을 미치는 주관적 건강인식수준, 주관적 구강건강인식수준, 성별, 나이, 정기검진유무, 구강보건교육 경험유무가 영향을 미쳤다. 따라서 치과공포감을 줄이기 위해서는 주관적 인식을 개선하고 정기검진과 구강보건교육을 위한 시스템이 마련되어야 할 것이다.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.161-167
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• 2009

본 연구는 완벽주의가 스케일링 실습 시 실습불안과 스트레스에 미치는 영향에 대하여 알아보기 위하여 경기도에 소재한 S대학에서 치위생과 치면세마실습 과목을 수강하여 치위생과 실습실에 내원한 환자를 대상으로 스케일링 실습을 한 학생 122명을 대상으로 2008년 5월 1일부터 5월 31일까지 스케일링 실습 전과 실습 후에 설문조사를 실시하였다. 이차원적 완벽주의의 하위요인인 성취추구 요인과 실패회피 요인 점수에 따라 네 가지 유형의 완벽주의 집단으로 구분하고 실습 시 스트레스와 실습 전후의 불안을 분석하여 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. 완벽주의 유형에 따라 실습 스트레스에 차이가 있는지를 확인하기 위하여 완벽주의 네 집단을 독립변인으로 하고, 실습 스트레스 점수를 종속변인으로 한 분산분석을 실시한 결과 실습 스트레스는 완벽주의 유형에 따라 통계적으로 유의미한 결과를 확인할 수 없었다. 2. 실습 전 특질불안 점수와 실습 전 상태불안점수, 실습 전 전체불안 검사는 완벽주의 유형에 따라 통계적으로 유의미한 차이를 보였다. 이러한 차이는 성취 추구 요인과 실패회피 요인 모두 낮은 비완벽주의 집단에 비해 성취추구 요인과 실패회피 요인 모두 높은 혼합집단 간 차이로 인해 나타났다. 다시 말해 비완벽주의 집단에 비해 혼합집단이 실습 전에 모든 불안 점수가 더 높았다. 3. 실습 전에 비해 실습 후에 불안 점수가 감소하였는지 검증하기 위하여 상태불안의 실습 전 점수와 실습 후 점수를 이용하여 반복 측정 분산분석(Repeated Measure ANOVA)을 실시하였으며 분석결과 불안의 전체 점수는 93.71 에서 89.66점으로 감소하였으며 하위요인인 상태불안 점수도 45.49에서 43.38점으로 감소하였다. 이는 통계적으로 유의미하였다. 4. 이차원적 완벽주의척도의 하위요인인 성취추구요인과 실패회피요인이 실습 전후 표준화된 상태불안 점수의 차이값에 미치는 영향력을 검증하기 위하여 회귀분석을 실시하여 개별적인 예측변인의 준거변인에 대한 기여도와 통계적 유의미성을 검정한 결과, 실패회피는 상태불안에 정적으로 유의미한 예측변인이었지만, 성취추구는 준거변인에 영양을 주지 않았다. 즉, 실패회피 정도가 높을수록 실습기간 동안 상태불안이 높아지는 것으로 나타났다. 위와 같은 결과를 볼 때 스케일링 실습 시 실습지도자는 학생들의 완벽주의 성향에 따른 실습불안을 감소시키기 위한 노력이 필요하며 학생들에게 성취추구적 동기를 부여할 수 있는 방안을 모색하는 것이 중요하다고 하겠다.