Nomura Yoshiaki, Okada Ayako, Miyoshi Jun, Mukaida Masaru, Akasaka Eriko, Saigo Keietsu, Daikoku Hideki, Maekawa Hidenori, Sato Tamotsu, Hanada Nobuhiro
Department of Translational Research, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, 2-1-3 Tsurumi, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230-8501, Japan.
Iwate Dental Association, 2-5-25 Morioka-eki-Nishi-dori, Morioka 020-0045, Japan.
Int J Dent. 2018 Aug 26;2018:2727193. doi: 10.1155/2018/2727193. eCollection 2018.
Japanese dental hygienists' employment rate is low. The environment factors and daily job contents that contribute to willingness to work of Japanese dental hygienists and their structures were investigated. A cross-sectional survey was conducted using a self-administered postal questionnaire distributed for one thousand and twenty-three members of Japan Dental Hygienist Association registered in Iwate prefecture affiliation. Three items concerning willingness to work, satisfaction for the 9 items about working environment, anxiety for work, and 106 daily job contents were used for analysis. Structural equation modeling, decision analysis, and correspondence analysis were carried out. The present study found that working environment such as interpersonal relationship was more important than social environment such as salary for the regular employee of Japanese dental hygienist working at private dental office. However, salary was only the determinant for the dental hygienist who strongly disliked their work. And daily job contents affected the willingness to work. Especially, jobs concerned with prosthodontic treatments were of major concern. Improving the working environment and avoiding assignment of tasks that require lower level of skill may improve dental hygienists' willingness to work and may assist to improve the employment rate of dental hygienist in Japan.
日本口腔卫生士的就业率较低。对影响日本口腔卫生士工作意愿的环境因素、日常工作内容及其结构进行了调查。采用自填式邮政问卷对岩手县所属的1023名日本口腔卫生士协会会员进行了横断面调查。分析涉及工作意愿的3个项目、关于工作环境的9个项目的满意度、工作焦虑以及106项日常工作内容。进行了结构方程模型分析、决策分析和对应分析。本研究发现，对于在私人牙科诊所工作的日本口腔卫生士正式员工而言，人际关系等工作环境比薪资等社会环境更为重要。然而，薪资只是强烈厌恶工作的口腔卫生士的决定因素。日常工作内容会影响工作意愿。特别是，与修复治疗相关的工作备受关注。改善工作环境并避免分配低技能要求的任务，可能会提高口腔卫生士的工作意愿，并有助于提高日本口腔卫生士的就业率。
