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KMID : 1035420230110040291
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Journal of The Korean Society of Integrative Medicine
2023 Volume.11 No. 4 p.291 ~ p.298
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The Effect of Family Cohabitating on Dental Examination Rate : Use of the 7th national health and nutrition survey
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Jeong Ho-Jin
Kim Kyung-Min
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Abstract
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Purpose : Although Korea’s health insurance system and access to medical care are well established compared to other countries, the rate of non-fulfillment of dental treatment is high. Medical use rates can be affected by economic characteristics, individual heatlh condtions, health concerns, and health behaviors. This study was implemented to investigate the effect of the middle-aged elderly people’s family living together on the dental examination rate and to use it as basic data for program development, research, and poicies to promote oral health.
Methods : Raw data from the 7th national health and nutrition survey conducted by the Korea centers for disease control and prevention (2016~2018) were used and analyzed using SPSS 21.0 Version (IBM, United States).
Results : As a result of the study family types accroding to general characteristics, the more women are (p<.001), the higther the age (p<.001), the lower the hosehold income level (p<.001), the lower the educational background (p<.001), the more people who live in Eup-Myeon (p<.001) It was fouend that the rate of living alone was high. The dental examination rate according to general characteristics was related to age (p<.001), income (p<.001), and educational background (p<.001), and the higher the examination rate was in the same (p<.001), and the higher the family living together (p<.001). Factors influencing whether or not dental treatment was not performed were in the following order: household income (p<.001), age (p=.001), and family type (p=.017).
Conclusion : The above results confirmed the relationship between family membership and dental examination rates, and measures such as the development and operation of participatory programs to improve public oral health by resolving medical inequality and enhancing health equity, and it is believed that the development of professional manpower and the operation of education and programs for professionals are necessary.
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KEYWORD
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cohabitation, dental examination rate, national nutritional examination survey, oral health
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