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KMID : 0358120020280020158
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Journal of the Korean Public Health Association
2002 Volume.28 No. 2 p.158 ~ p.167
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A Study on Oral Health Status and Factors related with Oral Health among Industrial Workers
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Kim Hye-Jin
Park Chun-Man
Woo Kuck-Hyeun
Lee Eun-Sook
Lee Jong-Ryol
Ha Eun-Kyung
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Abstract
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To maintain and improve workers´ oral health, I investigated and analyzed the oral health status of workers, who are working at companies located in Koomi City. The results of the investigation and analysis are as follows.
1. Regarding the general properties of investigated objects, the male ratio of whole objects (1299 persons) occupied 86.6% the larger percentage, the persons from 20ages to 29ages in terms of age distribution occupied 35.6%, and the high school graduators in the respect of education occupied 75.3%. As for the property of duties, technical workers occupied 83.6% the larger percentage. In the drinking frequency of habits, one or two times drinking per week occupied 34.1% in case of male, and no drinking occupied 62.9% in case of female. 2. In the existence and nonexistence of oral disease depends on the general property of each objects, many females have an oral disease in comparison with males (p<. 05), many persons with low education level have an oral disease (p<. 001), and lots of self-boarding persons have an oral disease compared to the persons stayed at own home or dormitory (p<. 05). In the existence and nonexistence of oral disease depends on living habits, the more male has a drinking capacity, the more has an oral disease (p<. 05). And, the more male is smoking, the more has an oral disease (p<. 05). When examine oral disease in accordance with subjective healthy condition, there were many respondents answered that I have a decayed tooth or periodontitis in comparison with respondents did that I´ m healthy (p<. 001). In the existence and nonexistence of oral disease depends on oral health control practices and recognition, the persons received scaling for the latest one year had show a few of oral diseases significantly (p<. 001). 3. As a result of Logistics Regression Analysis by putting oral disease as a dependent variable, the person who does not receive scaling, does smoking, has a low education level, does work at company for a short time, experiences lots of subjective symptoms, and does drinking, has a possibility that he/she can be infected easily with oral disease. As a whole of the above results, regular oral checkup every year shall be strengthen in its quality and quantity. In particular, the activation of oral health education to prevent oral disease may make workers´ oral health and their life quality to be improved. Accordingly, in oral health education for workers, the more systematic and effective program shall be developed and the supports in government policy shall be needed.
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KEYWORD
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Oral Health, Industrial Workers
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