Korean J Epidemiol.  2000 Dec;22(2):171-171.

Development of Stress Measurement Tools in Korean Dental Laboratory Technicians

• Kim JH
• Lee WC
• Lee KS
• Lee C
• Jin K

Abstract

PURPOSE: This study was performed to develop a proper self-administered survey instrument which can be used to measure psychiatric stress symptoms in Korean dental laboratory technicians, and to investigate the relationship between the symptom dimensions and stress inducing factors, such as psychological distress, stress inducing overload, work demand, work procedure and so forth in them.
METHODS
Prepared questionnaires were mailed to 1,000 dental laboratory technicians who were systematically selected. There were 786 responses to the questionnaires. All the data obtained were analyzed with SAS program.
RESULTS
Fifty items for the stress symptom checklist for dental technician(SCLD) were selected after a pilot test, interviews and literature reviews. Stress symptoms were classified into the following 6 categories, i.e, somatization, obsessive-compulsive, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, and hostility symptom. Factor analysis for validity was carried out for corroboration, using the SCL-90-R as a standard.
CONCLUSION
SCLD had the reasonable reliability and validity. We believe that this study provides validity and reliability for new self-report questionnaire, it will make a significant contribution to assessment of stress symptoms.

Keyword

Dental technicians; Symptoms; Psychological distress; Stress

MeSH Terms

Anxiety
Checklist
Dental Technicians
Depression
Hostility
Humans
Laboratories, Dental*
Postal Service
Reproducibility of Results
Surveys and Questionnaires