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The relationship between autonomy and decision-making ability in clinical dental hygienists

Kim Hye-Jin ORD ID 1,  이수진 1,  KoHyoJin 1

1동의대학교

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Objectives : The purpose of the study is to improve autonomous decision-making ability by analyzing the relationship between autonomy and decision-making ability. Methods : The subjects were 176 dental hygienists in Busan. Self-reported questionnaire was fill out from May 2012 to January 2013. Results : The average of the degree of autonomy was 2.20±0.29. Buddhists showed the highest score of 2.37±0.37 (p<0.05). Buddhists had the higher education than other religions (p<.05). Clinical decision-making ability was 2.21±0.25. Among the subcategories, statistically significant differences (p<.05) was shown by gender, degree of education, and religion in the domain of “Exploration of Choice and Alternatives”; Buddhists showed a higher score in the domains of “Assessment and Re-evaluation of Decisions” and “Review of Values and Goals,” with significant difference of p<.05. Autonomy and clinical decision making revealed a positive correlation in the categories “Assessment and Re-evaluation of Decisions” (r=.518, p=.000), “Review of Values and Goals” (r=.610, p=.000), and “Investigation of Information and Synchronization of New Information” (r=.314, p=.000). Conclusions : To improve the performance of dental hygienists, working systems and training will be intensified to develop the autonomy and clinical decision making.

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