Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Health & Medical Sciences, Cheongju University, Cheongju 28503, Korea.
Dental Center, Hankook General Hospital, Cheongju 28713, Korea.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Oct 3;18(19):10425. doi: 10.3390/ijerph181910425.
To maintain the oral health and ability to smoothly receive dental treatment of people with disabilities, their accessibility to dental institutions must be enforced. Hence, this study aimed to assess the status of installation of convenience facilities for people with disabilities in dental institutions in Chungbuk Province, South Korea. According to the checklist based on installation items for convenience facilities for people with disabilities, 245 dental institutions in Chungbuk Province were visited and investigated to examine whether they had installed internal, intermediary, sanitary, and information-related facilities for people with disabilities. Inputs were analyzed using SPSS 25.0 (IBM, Armonk, NY, USA). Frequency analysis by item was conducted to determine the rate of installation, and Fisher's exact test was performed to analyze the actual state of installation according to the type of institution. The results revealed a relatively higher rate of appropriate installation and access routes to the main entrance and parking spaces for people with disabilities in terms of intermediary and internal facilities, but at times they were installed at inappropriate locations or lacked proper signboards. The state of installation of convenience facilities by institution type was 0-1.3% per item at the clinic level but 75-87.5% per item in general and dental hospitals ( < 0.001). Insufficient government management and supervision at clinic-level dental institutions lead to limited scope for regulating the installation of convenience facilities. Better laws, with continued support and supervision of central and local governments, are needed to resolve this issue.
为了维护残疾人士的口腔健康和顺利接受牙科治疗的能力，必须确保他们能够无障碍地进入牙科机构。因此，本研究旨在评估韩国忠清北道牙科机构为残疾人士安装便利设施的现状。根据为残疾人士便利设施安装项目检查表，对忠清北道的 245 家牙科机构进行了访问和调查，以检查他们是否为残疾人士安装了内部、中介、卫生和信息相关设施。使用 SPSS 25.0（IBM，纽约州阿蒙克）进行输入分析。通过项目进行频率分析，以确定安装率，并根据机构类型进行 Fisher 精确检验，以分析实际安装情况。结果显示，在中介和内部设施方面，残疾人士的主要入口和停车位的适当安装和进入路线的比例相对较高，但有时这些设施安装在不合适的位置或缺乏适当的标识。根据机构类型，诊所水平的便利设施安装情况为每个项目 0-1.3%，而综合和牙科医院为每个项目 75-87.5%（<0.001）。诊所级牙科机构的政府管理和监督不足，导致便利设施安装的监管范围有限。需要更好的法律，并得到中央和地方政府的持续支持和监督，才能解决这个问题。
