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KMID : 1023420140140010051
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Journal of Dental Hygiene Science
2014 Volume.14 No. 1 p.51 ~ p.58
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A Study on the Oral Symptoms and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHIP-14) of Industrial Workers
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Kim Ah-Jin
Kang Eun-Ju
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to examine the symptom of dry mouth of workers, their subjective oral symptoms and factors affecting their oral health-related quality of life (Oral Health Impact Profile, OHIP-14) in an effort to provide information on the development of oral health promotion programs geared toward workers. The subjects in this study were the workers in five different companies in North Jeolla Province. After a survey was conducted from August 1 to September 20, 2012, the collected data were analyzed. The findings of the study were as follows: The office workers got 2.59 in oral dryness, and the sales associates got 1.82. The oral dryness of the former was severer than that of the latter (p＜0.001). The irregular workers got 2.05 in OHIP-14, and the regular workers got 1.82 (p＜0.001). Symptom of dry mouth had a positive correlation to OHIP-14 (r=0.456). OHIP-14 was positively correlated with age (r=0.209) and negatively with academic credential (r=.0.136). OHIP-14 was more significantly affected when their symptom of dry mouth was severer (β=0.383, p＜0.001), when they were older (β=0.221, p＜0.001) and when they felt they had oral diseases (β=0.146, p＜0.01). In conclusion, quality programs should be developed to promote the oral health of industrial workers in consideration of the influential factors for the oral health-related quality of life of the workers, and the government should pay more attention to related policy setting to improve the oral health of industrial workers.
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KEYWORD
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Manpower , Oral health , Xerostomia
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