Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Occupational Therapy Graduate Program, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
Work. 2021;69(3):1041-1052. doi: 10.3233/WOR-213534.
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders are prevalent in dental hygienists. Although engineering controls and ergonomic training is available, it is unclear why this intransigent problem continues. One possible barrier is that a comprehensive, standardized protocol for evaluating dental hygiene work does not exist.
This study aimed to generate a valid and reliable observational protocol for the assessment of dental hygiene work.
An iterative process was used to establish and refine an ecologically valid video acquisition and observation protocol to assess key activities, tasks, and performance components of dental hygiene work.
Good inter-rater reliability was achieved across all variables when the final coding scheme was completed by three independent raters.
This work provides an exemplar of the process required to generate a comprehensive protocol for evaluating the work components of a particular job, and provides standardized nomenclature for use by scientists and practitioners interested in understanding and addressing the pervasive issue of work-related disorders in dental hygienists.
与工作相关的肌肉骨骼疾病在牙科保健师中很常见。尽管有工程控制和人体工程学培训，但为什么这个顽固的问题仍在继续，目前还不清楚。一个可能的障碍是，缺乏用于评估牙科保健工作的全面、标准化的方案。
本研究旨在制定一种用于评估牙科保健工作的有效且可靠的观察方案。
采用迭代方法建立和完善一种具有生态效度的视频采集和观察方案，以评估牙科保健工作的关键活动、任务和绩效组成部分。
当由三位独立评估员完成最终编码方案时，所有变量的组内一致性都很好。
这项工作为生成全面的方案以评估特定工作的工作组成部分提供了范例，并为有兴趣了解和解决牙科保健师中普遍存在的与工作相关疾病问题的科学家和从业者提供了标准化的命名法。
