Private General Hospital Research Articles

The Use of Misoprostol for the Induction of Labour in a Private General Hospital in Ghana

Introduction: Misoprostol has been successfully used for the induction of labour especially in patients with an unripe cervix. Few studies done in Africa to document its use have been done in teaching hospitals in Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa. This study wastherefore undertaken to assess the use of Misoprostol in a typical private primary care hospital setting in Ghana.Methods: Delivery records of one hundred and thirty three (133) consecutive women admitted to the Maternity unit for induction of labour for medical or obstetric reasons, who successfully delivered vaginally, were reviewed and data extracted from patient records for univariate analysis.Results: The mean maternal age was 29.18 years (SD: 4.83) with 46.6% of them being nullipara. Gestational age at induction was between 38 to 41 weeks. The insertion of Misoprostol-to-delivery time lasted for a mean of 13.80 (SD 7.85) hours with a range of 1.67 to40.75. 50.4% delivered with perineal injury and a majority of these (65.67%) occurred in the nulliparous patients. The mean Apgar score at 1 minute was 7.02 [SD 2.52] whilst that for 5 minutes was 8.31[SD 2.79]. The difference was however statistically significant (p < 0.000).Conclusion: Due to the high incidence of perineal injury in nulliparous patients in this study (65.67%), there should be an evaluation of the delivery techniques of the midwives in the hospital especially on using timely episiotomies to reduce these injuries. Misoprostol induction is however recommended for use in primary care.

Surgical Management of Acute Abdomen in Adult Patients: Experience from a Private Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Acute abdomen is a major surgical problem in Ethiopia with surgery for acute abdominal conditions accounting for roughly one-third of total emergency operations in many centers. This study was conducted with the aim of studying the pattern and outcome of surgically managed acute abdominal cases in a private general hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This was a retrospective cross-sectional study of acute abdominal cases in adult patients operated at Teklehaimanot General Hospital between January 1, 2018 and August 1, 2019. A total of 267 patients' medical records were reviewed. The male to female ratio was 1.5:1 and majority of patients were between the age range of 20 to 40 years with mean age of 36±16 years. The average duration of symptoms before arrival was 71.1±84.4 hours (range 3 to 504 hours) and only 85 (31.8%) of patients reached to the Hospital within 24 hours or less of onset of symptoms. Acute appendicitis was the most common cause of acute abdomen; observed in 193 (72.3%) of the cases. Overall post-operative complication rate was 14.8% and post-operative mortality rate was 1.9%. It was found that delayed presentation (OR 2.01, 95% CI 1.64-7.84), old age (OR 1.51, 95% CI 1.89-3.59), and tachycardia at presentation (OR 2.85, 95% CI 1.03-6.82) were major predictors of morbidity and mortality in operated patients. In this study acute appendicitis accounted for the majority of cases operated for acute abdomen. Length of post-operative hospital stay, early post-operative complication rate, and overall mortality rate were found to be significantly lower in our series than other reports.

Do broken promises matter? The effects of psychological contract breach on job embeddedness and nurses' work attitudes

PurposeThis research investigates the effects of psychological contract breach on the fit, links and sacrifice dimensions of job embeddedness as well as the mediating roles of these three subcomponents in the relationships between psychological contract breach and nurses' work attitudes.Design/methodology/approachData were collected from 591 nurses from private general hospitals in northern Thailand. The hypotheses were tested and analyzed by means of a confirmatory factor analysis, structural equation modeling and a bootstrapping procedure.FindingsThe results indicate that psychological contract breach was negatively associated with the three dimensions of job embeddedness, signifying that the fit, links and sacrifice dimensions are distinct constructs. Also, these three subcomponents mediated the relationship between psychological contract breach and loyal boosterism. Only the links and sacrifice dimensions were found to have mediating effects on turnover intention.Research limitations/implicationsFuture research may consider longitudinal data to avoid potential method biases and draw causal inferences among study variables. Employing cross-cultural research in future studies would also be beneficial.Practical implicationsIf possible, health care organizations should not make any promises that they cannot keep or fulfill. Fine-tuning expectation and managing communication in a timely manner may signal commitments to fulfill the contracts and minimize any potential inducement-outcome discrepancies.Originality/valueThis study adds to the literature by furthering understanding of the employee-organization relationship through the lens of psychological contract and job embeddedness theories.

Gender differences of the clinical aspects and complication risks of diabetes mellitus among outpatient clinic visits, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Background: Gender differences are important in epidemiology, pathophysiology, treatment, and outcomes in Type 2 DM, Objectives: To study gender differences of the burden of type 2 diabetes and complication risk among Saudi subjects visiting the outpatient clinics. Subjects and methods: A cross sectional study, including 2501 patients, who visited the outpatient clinics at two private general hospitals in Jeddah during the years 2018 through to 2019. All patients were examined and diagnosed by specialists. Data were collected using check list form to obtain personal characteristics and area of residence; vital signs, anthropometric measurements, clinical characteristics and outcome of the visits. Statistical analysis: SPSS version 23 (IBM), was used. Chi square, and logistic regression tests were used. OR, and 95% IC were used to describe the relationships. Level of significance was 0.05. Results: Out of all the visits to the outpatient clinics, DM constituted 5.5%. Type 2 DM was common in those aged 40 years and above, while Type 1 DM was common in those aged 18 years and younger. Males were at 1.7 times more likely to develop DM compared to females (OR 1.715; 95% CI: 1.146, 2.257, p <0.009). The males with T2DM had significantly more frequent edema of the lower limbs compared to the females. Polyuria was the most common symptom, while HBA1C and FBS were the most common investigations ordered, and Biguanides and sulfonylurea and insulin were the common treatment prescribed. These were similar in both the males and females. Hypertension (22%), IHD (6%), and dyslipidemia (6%) were encountered among patients with T2DM; however, these CVDs were similar in the males and females. Conclusion: DM is a common chronic disorder, which imposes burden on the primary health care in Saudi Arabia. It is more common in males than females, however, the pattern of cardiovascular complications and health care management were similar in both genders. Key words: DM, Gender, outpatient clinics, Saudi Arabia,

Current Issues within the Perinatal Mental Health Care System in Aichi Prefecture, Japan: A Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Survey.

Mental illnesses commonly occur in the reproductive age. This study aimed to identify the issues that exist within the perinatal mental health care system. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Aichi Prefecture in central Japan. Questionnaires on the situation between 2016 and 2018 were mailed to the head physicians of 128 maternity care units, 21 neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), and 40 assisted reproductive technology (ART) units. A total of 82 (52.6 per 100,000 births) women were admitted to mental health care units during the perinatal period, and 158 (1.0 per 1000 births) neonates born to mothers with mental illness were admitted to NICUs. Approximately 40% of patients were hospitalized in psychiatric hospitals without maternity care units. Eighty-four (71.1%) and 76 (64.4%) maternity care units did not have psychiatrists or social workers, respectively. Moreover, 20–35% of the head physicians in private clinics, general hospitals, and ART units endorsed the discontinuation of psychotropic drug use during pregnancy. However, the corresponding figures were only 5% among those in maternal-fetal centers. Resources for perinatal mental illness might be limited. Perspectives on psychotropic drug use differed based on the type of facilities where the doctors were working.

Lessons from COVID-19's impact on medical tourism in Cambodia

Making medical tourism a more valuable healthcare system is a significant public health issue. However, little discussion has been conducted on what lessons can be learned from the impact of COVID-19 on medical tourism. This study aimed to discuss the issues and barriers faced by patients unable to seek medical tourism, and the medical care experience at private general hospital in capital, Cambodia. First, when patients seeking medical tourism were unable to go abroad due to the pandemic or other reasons, some of them could not easily visit domestic health care facilities. Second, even if patients received medical care in the home country's hospitals due to the interruption of medical tourism, sharing the patient's medical information between domestic and overseas medical institutions was difficult. The third problem in medical tourism is that dependence on overseas medical resources might hinder the development of medical professionals, facilities, and other environments in the country of origin. This experience revealed the need to encourage patients who were unable to undertake medical tourism to visit domestic medical facilities, make efforts to share patient information across countries, and to invest in developing each department in domestic hospitals. Support for patients who are unable to undertake medical tourism is urgently needed.

Randomized, Controlled Clinical Study on the Use of Noninvasive (Near-Infrared Light) Technology Compared with the Conventional Technique for Peripheral Venous Access Puncture in Pediatrics

Highlights Abstract Background: Obtaining peripheral venous access, especially in children, is usually a challenging procedure for nursing professionals. In pediatric patients this is because of the small caliber of the vessels, deep localization in the tissue, and multiple previous attempts of venipuncture. This experiment compared the success in obtaining venous access in pediatric patients with the use of near-infrared light and with the conventional technique. Method: True experiment, developed in a large private general hospital and a public general hospital under the same management. The study included children aged 0 to 6 y (including newborns and pediatric patients up to 5 y, 11 mo and 29 d) under clinical or surgical treatment, undergoing peripheral venous puncture both for laboratory test collection and for infusion of medications and solutions. A total of 144 punctures were analyzed, 51.4% with the conventional technique and 48.6% using the device with near-infrared light. Results: The success for the conventional technique was 89.2%, and 97.1% on the technique with near-infrared light, P = 0.098, with no evidence of significant differences. Conclusion: The success rate for obtaining peripheral venous access in children was similar in the study groups. This study expands the knowledge about the success in the peripheral venous puncture by considering that this is not exclusively related to the use of supportive technologies.

The effect of dual role conflicts on nurse performance at private general hospitals in Medan and Deli Serdang

Background: Hospital human resources and hospital organizations become one unit. This requires a female nurse to have a high commitment because she must be able to place her position as a woman employed and her responsibilities as a housewife. Career women who uphold the profession will be more likely to experience conflict. Purpose: To determine whether there is an effect of dual role conflict on performing nurses at the Medan City Private General Hospital and Deli Serdang. Method: This study uses a correlational design and cross-sectional. The sampling technique used total sampling. The population was married female nurses and had children who worked at the Medan Advent General Hospital and Sari Mutiara Lubuk Pakam General Hospital, the nurses at Intensive Care Unit, inpatient and outpatient wards of 94 respondents. Results: The finding was 67% has a dual role category and 74.5% nurse performance in a good category, and by chi-square statistical test showed that there was a significant effect between multiple roles on performance as a nurse as a housewife with p-value = 0.045 (p<0.05). Conclusion : Even though dual role conflict is happening in female nurses, that a nurse can still perform well even though she has a high dual role by remaining wise in managing time as effectively as possible so that she can still harmonize employed and housewife, and keep the nursing care services at the hospital provided remain optimal.

The perceptions of adult psychiatric inpatients with major depressive disorder towards occupational therapy activity-based groups.

BackgroundOccupational therapists have been using group therapy as their preferred treatment modality in mental healthcare since the origin of the profession. In private mental healthcare units, major depressive disorder (MDD) is the most common psychiatric disease. Occupational therapists use individual and group therapy to treat adult inpatients with MDD. Little is known about the perceptions and experiences of adult inpatients with MDD regarding occupational therapy activity-based groups.AimTo describe the perceptions and experiences of adult psychiatric inpatients with MDD towards occupational therapy activity-based groups. This article reports on the perceptions of adult psychiatric inpatients with MDD, which formed part of a larger study.SettingThe study took place at two private general hospitals in Gauteng province, South Africa, each with a psychiatric ward.MethodsThe researcher used a qualitative explorative descriptive design. Accessible participants were selected using convenience sampling. Only consenting participants took part in the study. Data were collected during focus group discussions. Data were thematically analysed.ResultsParticipants’ perceptions could be placed into one of four themes: (1) experience improved mood, (2) learned coping skills, (3) regained self-esteem and (4) becoming part of the solution to face life challenges.ConclusionActivities that are unique to occupational therapy profession can benefit inpatients with MDD. This supports the profession’s historical beliefs, assumptions and foundations regarding therapeutic use of activities. According to these inpatients, group activities improved their overall mental health.

SAPS 3 in the modified NUTrition RIsk in the Critically ill score has comparable predictive accuracy to APACHE II as a severity marker.

ObjetivoAvaliar o Simplified Acute Physiology Score 3 (SAPS 3) como substituto do Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) como marcador de gravidade na versão modificada do escore NUTrition RIsk in the Critically ill (mNUTRIC; sem interleucina 6), com base em uma análise de sua capacidade discriminativa para predição de mortalidade hospitalar.MétodosEste estudo de coorte retrospectiva avaliou 1.516 pacientes adultos internados em uma unidade de terapia intensiva de um hospital geral privado entre abril de 2017 e janeiro de 2018. A avaliação de desempenho incluiu as análises Kappa de Fleiss e correlação de Pearson. A capacidade discriminativa para estimar a mortalidade hospitalar foi avaliada com a curva Característica de Operação do Receptor.ResultadosA amostra foi dividida aleatoriamente em dois terços para o desenvolvimento do modelo (n = 1.025; idade 72 [57 - 83]; 52,4% masculino) e um terço para avaliação do desempenho (n = 490; idade 72 [57 - 83]; 50,8 % masculino). A concordância com o mNUTRIC foi Kappa de 0,563 (p < 0,001), e a correlação entre os instrumentos foi correlação de Pearson de 0,804 (p < 0,001). A ferramenta mostrou bom desempenho para prever a mortalidade hospitalar (área sob a curva de 0,825 [0,787 - 0,863] p < 0,001).ConclusãoA substituição do APACHE II pelo SAPS 3 como marcador de gravidade no escore mNUTRIC mostrou bom desempenho para predizer a mortalidade hospitalar. Esses dados fornecem a primeira evidência sobre a validade da substituição do APACHE II pelo SAPS 3 no mNUTRIC como marcador de gravidade. São necessários estudos multicêntricos e análises adicionais dos parâmetros de adequação nutricional.

Abstract 288: Rapid Response Team Implementation Associated with Reductions in In-hospital Mortality Rate and Hospitalization Costs: A Retrospective Analysis

Introduction: Early recognition of clinical deterioration in inpatient subjects seems to be one of the main factors associated with prevention of in-hospital severe adverse events occurrence. Previous studies failed to demonstrate that the implementation of a rapid response team (RRT) could reduce in-hospital mortality rate. Hypothesis: Could a RRT implementation reduces in-hospital mortality and/or hospitalizations costs in a private general hospital in Brazil? Methods: This is a retrospective cohort built from data of electronic medical database of consecutive adult inpatients admitted to general wards who had to be transferred to an ICU after an acute clinical deterioration between May 1st, 2012 and June 30th, 2016. Subjects were divided into two groups as follows: group 1 (G1) with those admitted to ICU before RRT implementation on June 1st, 2014 and group 2 (G2) with the ones admitted to ICU after the implementation. All patients in G2 received care by the RRT before ICU admittance. In cases in which a patient had more than one hospital admission, only the first admittance was used for analyses. Results: Patients data are shown in table 1.Outcome data are shown in table 2. Conclusions: From these data, it is possible to infer that this RRT implementation at this hospital was associated with improvement in clinical outcomes of inpatients who needed an ICU admittance after an acute clinical deterioration, as well as a significant reduction of their hospitalization costs. These data reinforce the hypotheses that MERIT study was underpowered. Further multicenter randomized trials, with appropriate statistical power, shall be proposed to address these questions.

Outpatient Satisfaction at Private General Hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

The quality of hospital services remains a concern of both the manager and the patient. The study aims to identify factors affecting outpatient satisfaction at private general hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City, establishing a scale for measuring them. Some 450 outpatients who were treated in five top private hospitals in Ho Chi Minh city (HCMC) in 2019 - An Sinh General Hospital, Hoan My General Hospital, Columbia Asia International Hospital, FV Hospital, and Vu Anh International General Hospital - were interviewed directly in the last quarter of 2019 to obtain the information. The SERVPERF model, plus the cost, together with the SPSS software, have been used to process information by Cronbach's alpha analysis, Exploratory Factor analysis, and linear regression analysis. The results show that there are five factors influencing outpatient satisfaction at private general hospitals in HCMC, in which four factors affects positively in the order of decreasing importance: treatment outcome, doctors and nurses' professional capacity, facilities and environment of the hospital, hospital care, and the treatment time factor affects negatively. The results of the study provide private hospital in HCMC managers with a number of suggestions to increase the level of hospital service quality, so that increase outpatients satisfaction.

TARIK PASAR, KREASI NILAI DAN KEUNIKAN SUMBER DAYA UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KEUNGGULAN BERSAING SERTA IMPLIKASINYA TERHADAP KINERJA RUMAH SAKIT UMUM SWASTA DI JAWA BARAT

The hospital industry is need time solely the provision of services, but the hospital industry has become the realm of commercial. The high demand for hospital services and the new regulation on the establishment of hospital raise the attractiveness’s hospital. This research to verify the influence of market attractiveness, value creation with uniqueness of resources on competitive advantage of private general hospitals in the West Java, both partially and simultaneously and its impact on hoshospital performance. The findings reveal that the market attractiveness, value creation with uniqueness of resources affect the competitive advantage simultaneously. Meanwhile, partially, among these three variables, the value creation does not affect the competitive advantage. Additionally, through a competitive advantage, the market attractiveness, the value creation, also the uniqueness of the resources affect the performance. We suggest that the private general hospitals in West Java optimize value creation, create uniqueness of resources, enhance competitive advantage also gain better performance. We recommend further research for involving other variables, such as leadership style or organization behavior, in order to strengthen the influence of market attractiveness, uniqueness of resources on competitive advantage also performance of the private general hospitals in West Java.

Percepção da equipe de enfermagem quanto as contribuições da utilização do checklist de cirurgia segura.

Objetivou-se identificar as contribuições da utilização do checklist de cirurgia segura para assistência de enfermagem e determinar o momento da aplicação do checklist de cirurgia segura. A pesquisa foi realizada no modelo exploratório, descritivo com abordagem qualitativa; a coleta de dados foi realizada em um hospital geral privado do estado do Rio de Janeiro mediante aprovação do comitê de ética. Para a análise dos dados foi utilizado o estudo de conteúdo temático proposto por Bardin. Após análise dos dados emergiram duas categorias: contribuições da utilização do checklist de cirurgia segura; e aplicando o checklist de cirurgia segura. Este estudo permitiu compreender a importância da utilização da escala de checklist para o momento cirúrgico, pontuando aspectos importantes para tornar o momento perioperatório mais seguro e favoreça a assistência de enfermagem de forma direcionada e holística. Concluiu-se que a equipe pontua as contribuições da utilização do checklist, favorecendo a segurança para o paciente e também a equipe de enfermagem. Destacam também o momento da aplicação do checklist na chegada do paciente ao centro cirúrgico.

Demographic Determinants of Patient Satisfaction: A Study in a Turkish Context

Patient satisfaction is at the heart of all health care activities; and thus, it requires a special attention. Among various approaches to patient satisfaction, those using patients’ demographics have very mixed results. An attempt for clarification is needed. For this reason, this study aims to scrutinize possible effects of patients’ demographic features on their satisfaction. Data were collected from 372 participants who actively received health services from the clinics of eight private and public general hospitals in the city of ?stanbul. An inclusive approach is embraced in terms of covering as many factors of patient satisfaction as possible by means of combining various related instruments. After a unique satisfaction structure is obtained, the effects of patients’ genders, ages, education levels, and marital statuses on this structure are examined. The results indicate that there is a partial effect of participants’ demographic features on their satisfaction, which is solely limited to their ages and marital statuses.

Poor prognostic factors in elderly patients aged 75 years old or older with mild traumatic brain injury

The incidence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in elderly patients is increasing. We retrospectively investigated the poor prognostic factors at discharge in elderly patients aged 75 years or older admitted to hospital with mild TBI. We continuously enrolled 83 patients aged 75 years or older with mild TBI, in a private general Japanese hospital. The Glasgow Coma Scale scores on admission were within the range of 13–15. Patients with good recovery or moderate disability were included in the “good outcome” group, and those with severe disability, in a persistent vegetative state, or who died were included in the “poor outcome” group. We performed statistical analyses using 8 parameters. We conducted a univariate analysis on each item. Next, we conducted a logistic regression analysis on variables where the p < 0.20 in the univariate analysis.Elderly patients had a poor prognosis when they had dementia (odds ratio [OR]: 20.357, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.075–199.683, p = 0.010), cancer (OR: 14.005, 95% CI: 1.262–154.444, p = 0.032), or a history of antithrombotic therapy before admission (OR: 6.673, 95% CI: 1.072–41.526, p = 0.042). When elderly patients aged 75 years or older with mild TBI have the 3 poor prognostic factors of dementia, cancer, or a history of antithrombotic therapy, their outcomes might be worse compared to other elderly patients. Elderly patients who have these factors should be carefully managed.

An Analysis on the Inpatients Level of Satisfaction in Malahayati Islamic Hospital

Malahayati Islamic Hospital Medan is a Private General Hospital type C with excellent service of cardiac catheterization lab. Based on data obtained from Malahayati Islamic Hospital Medan, it is seen that the number of inpatients and the value of Bed Occupancy Rate (BOR) at Rumah Sakit X Medan decreased in 2015 and 2016.The purpose of this research is to analyze patient satisfaction of inpatient of Rumah Sakit X Medan and to get effective policy formula to increase patient satisfaction of inpatient of Rumah Sakit X Medan.This type of research is survey research. Interviews with questionnaires were conducted to 41 patients who were undergoing treatment at the inpatient installation of Rumah Sakit X Medan with the criteria of patients who had undergone treatment for more than 2 (two) days with purposive sampling method. Data analysis used descriptive statistical analysis model and Cartesian diagram.From the analysis, it was found that the suitability level was 90.62%, which means that the patient was not satisfied with Rumah Sakit X service. Variables that must be improved in quadrant I is the service of patient acceptance, medical facilities and medicine, hospital physical condition and treatment room, and hospital outbreak service. Keywords : Cartesian Diagram; Hospitalization; Patient Satisfaction DOI : 10.7176/EJBM/11-12-03 Publication date : April 30 th 2019

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Development and Validation of a Scale to Assess Dental Hygienists’ Role as Knowledge Brokers in Korea

Objectives: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the validity and reliability of the scale for dental hygienists’ role as knowledge broker, a tool potentially useful to help to develop dental hygienists’ role as a knowledge broker that meet the needs of the field and include it in dental hygiene curricula.Method: This manuscript reports on a complex descriptive study involving both qualitative and quantitative sub-studies. It also includes a methodological study aiming to develop and verify the content validity and reliability of a scale for dental hygienists’ role as a knowledge broker. The survey questionnaire was distributed to 240 dental hygienists who currently work in care institutions, including private hospital, dental hospital, or general hospital for at least three months, between June 8, 2015 and July 13, 2015.Findings: To verify the reliability, validity, and unidimensionality of the 40 questionnaire items, exploratory factor analysis was performed with Varimax rotation. The exploratory factor analysis led to 17 items for three factors. In the confirmatory factor analysis, the path coefficients for all items were significant, at .588-.857.Based on the results of exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses and literature review of the role of knowledge brokers, its subfactors 1, 2, and 3 were named “explain and promote understanding”, “deliver knowledge”, and “link to resources”, respectively. The goodness of fit of the structural equation model was examined using the following indices: =3.066, GFI=.860, AGFI= .805, TLI=.882, CFI=.904, RMSEA=.094Applications: We developed and validated a scale to assess the roles of dental hygienists in Korea as a knowledge broker. Reflecting the newly demanded roles of knowledge brokers in educational curricula will surely help dental hygienists to advance and improve themselves as health professionals.

Development and Validation of a Scale to Assess Dental Hygienists’ Role as Knowledge Brokers in Korea

Objectives: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the validity and reliability of the scale for dental hygienists’ role as knowledge broker, a tool potentially useful to help to develop dental hygienists’ role as a knowledge broker that meet the needs of the field and include it in dental hygiene curricula.Method: This manuscript reports on a complex descriptive study involving both qualitative and quantitative sub-studies. It also includes a methodological study aiming to develop and verify the content validity and reliability of a scale for dental hygienists’ role as a knowledge broker. The survey questionnaire was distributed to 240 dental hygienists who currently work in care institutions, including private hospital, dental hospital, or general hospital for at least three months, between June 8, 2015 and July 13, 2015.Findings: To verify the reliability, validity, and unidimensionality of the 40 questionnaire items, exploratory factor analysis was performed with Varimax rotation. The exploratory factor analysis led to 17 items for three factors. In the confirmatory factor analysis, the path coefficients for all items were significant, at .588-.857.Based on the results of exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses and literature review of the role of knowledge brokers, its subfactors 1, 2, and 3 were named “explain and promote understanding”, “deliver knowledge”, and “link to resources”, respectively. The goodness of fit of the structural equation model was examined using the following indices: =3.066, GFI=.860, AGFI= .805, TLI=.882, CFI=.904, RMSEA=.094Applications: We developed and validated a scale to assess the roles of dental hygienists in Korea as a knowledge broker. Reflecting the newly demanded roles of knowledge brokers in educational curricula will surely help dental hygienists to advance and improve themselves as health professionals.