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KMID : 1040220110030020095
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Journal of the Korean Academy of Health and Welfare for Elderly
2011 Volume.3 No. 2 p.95 ~ p.106
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Oral health knowlege and its factors that influence oral health behaviors of the elderly
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Jang Young-Jin
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Abstract
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To gain knowledge of oral health behavior-related factors influencing the oral health of seniors, I carefully explained and administered a questionnaire to elderly citizens over 65 who agreed to participate in my interview in Daegu from September 5th to 30th. After eliminating questionnaires containing errors I surveyed 379 remaining questionnaires and obtained the following conclusions presented in summary as follows. 1) The general characteristics of those surveyed were 54.6% male and 45.4% female in gender; 34.0% were aged 65-69, 24.8% aged 70-74, 26.4% aged 75-79, 2.4% aged 85 and older; 66.8% were married, 1.6% divorced, 2.9% separated, 28.8% bereaved; 31.7% had monthly household income less than 500,000 won, 26.5% from 500,000 to 1,000,000 won, 12.4% from 1010,000 to 1,500,000 won, 11.9% from 1510,000 to 2,000,000 won, followed by 17.2% more than 2010,000 won. 2) Level of oral health behaviors according to the general characteristics graded on a five-point scale showed an average of 2.62 points, with significant difference by gender or marital status. 3) Subjective state of health according to general characteristics on a five-point scale showed significance with a high average of 3.01 points; for gender, ‘women’ at 3.11 points scored higher than ‘men’ at 3.02 points. Based on marital status, ‘separated’ subjects averaged 3.68 points, ‘married’ 3.10 points, ‘bereaved’ 2.96 points (p <0.01). In addition, post-test differences between groups showed that differences existed between groups based on marital status: married, divorced, bereaved and separated (a: b). 4) Correlations of associated factors for subjective oral health status were (for subjective health status) daily interference level (r = 0.642), impact on general health (r = 0.568), tooth-brushing activity (r = 0.245), regular dental checkups ( r = 0.188), adequate nutritional intake (r = 0.221), showing a positive correlation between a similar degrees, with subjective oral health status greater the higher the score in each of the above categories, interference with daily living, impact on general health, tooth-brushing activity, regular dental check-ups, sufficient nutrition intake. 5) With oral health behaviors as the dependent variable, and impacting factors as independent variables in a regression analysis showed that independent variables explained 21.4% of oral health behaviors. Overall, F value was 10.041, statistically significant. Significant factors in the variables` impact on oral health behaviors included gender (β =- 0.136), tooth-brushing (β = 0.253), oral checkups (β = 0.145), and subjective health status (0.206). Among the factors, tooth-brushing method showed the highest standardized regression coefficient and thus having the most impact.
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KEYWORD
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The Elderly, Oral health behaviors, Oral health knowledge
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