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KMID : 1143520180060020032
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Journal of Korean Society of Oral Health Science
2018 Volume.6 No. 2 p.32 ~ p.40
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Relationships of Oral Health Awareness Levels and Oral Health Promotion Behaviors to Stress awareness Levels
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Lee Mi-Oak
Yoon Hyun-Seo
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships of oral health care, oral health awareness, and self-rated stress based on the data of the 2017 community health survey for South Gyeongsang Province, in an effort to provide some information on the development of programs geared toward promoting the oral health of local residents and relieving their stress. The questionnaire used in this study consisted of six items on general characteristics, five on oral health promotion behaviors, three on self-rated oral health, and one on self-rated stress. Crosstabs, t-test, ANOVA and correlation analysis were carried out. As for stress by general characteristics, stress levels were higher among respondents who were female, who were younger, who were unmarried, who were better educated, whose household income was larger, and who engaged in economic activity. Regarding oral health awareness by general characteristics, the levels of self-rated oral health in all three items were lower among the respondents who were older, who had been married yet didn't have spouses, who earned a lower level of income, who were less educated, and who engaged in economic activity. As to oral health promotion behaviors by general characteristics, the experience rates of dental checkups, scaling, dental floss and interdental brush were higher among the respondents who were female, who were in their 30s and 40s, who had been married and had spouses, who were better educated, whose income levels were higher and who engaged in economic activity. Unmet dental needs were higher among the respondents who were female, who
were in their 30s, who had been married yet didn't have spouses, who were less educated, whose income levels were lower and who didn't engage in economic activity. In regard to stress levels according to oral health promotion behaviors, stress levels were higher among the respondents who received dental checkups, who had unmet dental needs, and who made use of dental floss and interdental brushes. Stress levels were lower among the respondents who had no unmet dental needs, and who used dental floss and interdental brushes. Self-rated stress was lower when self-rated health status was better, when chewing discomfort was less, and when the perceived gingival health state was better. Accordingly, oral health promotion behaviors were linked to oral health awareness, and stress levels are expected to become lower when systematic educational programs are prepared to change oral health awareness.
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KEYWORD
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Chewing difficulty, Community health survey, Oral examination, Self rated oral health, Stress
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