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KMID : 1023420120120030235
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Journal of Dental Hygiene Science
2012 Volume.12 No. 3 p.235 ~ p.243
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Subjective Awareness and the Quality of Life Related to Oral Health in Industrial Workers
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Park Ji-Hyun
Yoon Hyun-Seo
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to examine the oral symptoms, self-rated systemic health state and oral health status of industrial workers in a bid to provide some information on oral health education geared toward industrial workers. The subjects in this study were 294 workers who got a medical checkup in Korea Industrial Health Association in North Gyeongsang Province. Those who felt less inconveniences in the oral cavity led a better quality of life related to oral health in every area except physical handicaps (p<.001, p<.01). The men’s OHIP-14 was higher than the women’s, and the younger workers led a better quality of life related to oral health in the area of social separation(p<.01), and the married ones did in the area of physical handicaps, mental disorder and social separation(p<.05). And the workers whose household income was larger lived a better quality of life related to oral health in the areas of Psychological discomfort, physical handicaps, mental disorder, social disorder and social separation(p<.05). Those who found themselves to be generally in good health(p<.001, p<.05) and whose subjective oral health state was led a better quality of life in every area(p<.001, p<.05). The findings of the study showed that there were differences in the quality of life according to awareness of oral symptoms, general health status and oral health state
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KEYWORD
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Oral health impact profile, Subjective perception, Workers
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