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KMID : 1023420120120030197
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Journal of Dental Hygiene Science
2012 Volume.12 No. 3 p.197 ~ p.207
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Oral Health and Self-Rated Health among the Elderly in Busan
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Yoon Hyun-Seo
Chun Jin-Ho
Lee Jung-Hwa
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the oral health status and health care of elderly people on their self-rated health(SRH). The subjects on this study were 479 senior citizens who were at the age of 65 and up and resided in the city of Busan. They got a dental checkup, and a survey was conducted by having an one-on-one interview. After the collected data were analyzed, the following findings were given: The senior citizens were diagnosed with a mean of 1.43 systemic diseases, and hypertension(51.8%) was the most prevalent disease among them, followed by diabetes(25.1%), arthritis(41.8%), oral diseases(75.6%), stroke(9.0%) and heart diseases(15.9%). Their self-rated health was better when they were male, when they were aged between 65 and 69, when there was someone with whom they lived, when they were better educated and when they owned their own houses. But their self-rated health was poorer when they felt more oral symptoms, when they had more missing teeth and when they needed both of maxillary and mandibular dentures. Their self-rated health was more positively affected when they were better educated(β=0.894), when they owned their own houses(β=4.220), when they got a dental checkup on a regular basis(β=2.997) and when the rate of their functional tooth was larger(β=0.081). And that was more negatively influenced when they had a denture(β=-1.110), when they had more oral symptoms(β=-1.590) and when they had more systemic diseases(β=3.363). There is a close relationship between the oral health and self-rated health of elderly people. Therefore how to promote their oral health should carefully be considered.
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KEYWORD
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Disease, Elderly, Oral health, Self-rated health(SRH)
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