Skip to main content

Table 2 Absolute frequency, average time in minutes of the activities performed, and the percentage of time spent on the activity according to the professional category

From: Activities of the oral health teams in primary health care: a time-motion study

Distribution of activities

Dentist (n = 12)

Oral Health Assistant (n = 3)

Oral Health Technician (n = 5)

NO

TM

%

NO

TM

%

NO

TM

%

Direct Care

Interventions

         

Dental Consultation

444

24.39

42.36

-

-

-

-

-

-

Dental Consultation – Oral Cancer Campaign

56

2.96

0.65

-

-

-

-

-

-

Collective procedures

18

10.44

0.74

-

-

-

13

36.23

4.77

Home Visits

11

20.45

0.88

-

-

-

20

12.55

2.54

Outpatient Procedures

8

12.37

0.39

6

6.67

0.64

41

20.83

8.66

Support with exams/procedures

5

12.00

0.23

85

15.35

20.92

26

22.81

6.01

Promotion of educational activities

1

9.00

0.04

-

-

-

-

-

-

Community health development

1

2.00

0.01

-

-

-

1

13.00

0.13

Anthropometric Measurements

   

-

-

-

1

1.00

0.01

Advice on the Health Care System

40

2.70

0.42

16

1.75

0.45

33

2.15

0.72

Care to spontaneous demand

2

10.00

0.08

26

2.08

0.87

14

2.86

0.41

Indirect Care

Documentation

337

9.50

12.15

20

6.35

2.04

122

18.09

22.37

Administrative meetings

25

60.08

5.87

2

67.50

2.16

3

68.67

2.09

Organization of the work process

216

7.38

6.23

69

6.33

7.01

82

8.11

6.74

Exchange of information about health care and/or health services

401

3.42

5.36

84

2.39

3.22

217

2.99

6.57

Scientific research

13

38.46

1.96

1

11.00

0.18

1

3.00

0.03

Development of care processes and protocols

4

59.75

0.93

-

-

-

-

-

-

Safety monitoring

7

20.29

0.56

-

-

-

-

-

-

Multidisciplinary care assessment meetings

4

36.00

0.56

-

-

-

-

-

-

Infection control

100

1.48

0.58

161

12.23

31.57

50

3.22

1.63

Mapping and territorialization

1

11.00

0.04

-

-

-

-

-

-

Health surveillance

7

5.00

0.14

1

37.00

0.59

3

21.67

0.66

Reference and cross-reference

1

11.00

0.04

-

-

-

-

-

-

Educational actions for health care professionals (master’s/doctoral courses)

2

103.00

0.81

-

-

-

-

-

-

Educational actions for health care professionals (permanent training)

4

82.50

1.29

2

18.00

0.58

2

154.50

3.13

Student support

1

4.00

0.02

-

-

-

-

-

-

Supply control

3

4.67

0.05

57

5.70

5.21

13

8.46

1.11

Personal Activity

566

4.91

10.87

88

3.41

4.81

275

5.50

15.34

Absent

24

37.38

3.51

9

94.56

13.64

19

18.32

3.53

Related Activity

108

2.55

1.08

48

3.21

2.47

121

4.98

6.11

Waiting Time

88

6.28

2.16

27

8.41

3.64

59

12.44

7.44

  1. NO = Number of activity observations; TM = Average activity time