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KMID : 0613620210410040062
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Health Social Welfare Review
2021 Volume.41 No. 4 p.62 ~ p.71
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The Relationship between Old-age Oral Health and Depression Levels
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Kim Se-Yeon
Kim Jae-Hyun
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Abstract
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Depression is the strongest factor in elderly people’s suicidal thoughts, and it is a problem that requires social attention. The prevalence of depression in the elderly higher in Korea than in any OECD country. so a more prompt solution is needed for Korea, a rapidly-aging country. This study was conducted to identify the relationship between oral health and the level of depression based on previous studies that oral health, which causes problems in the elderly, increases the level of depression in the elderly. The data were collected from the 7th wave of the Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing (KLoSA) in 2018. A total of 5,577 people aged 55 and older were subjected to a correlation analysis, multiple logistic and multiple regression analysis to investigate the relationship between Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI) and depression. The correlation analysis found a positive correlation between age and CES-D and a negative correlation between age and GOHAI. As a result of multiple logistic and multiple regression analysis, the likelihood of depression experience has been statistically reduced as GOHAI increases by one unit (OR: 0.966), and CES-D also has been statistically reduced as GOHAI increases by one unit (B: -0.028). This study suggests that the a life-course oral health management program can be proposed as a way to prevent depression in the elderly, and through this oral health improvement, a higher effect of preventing depression in the elderly group can be expected.
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KEYWORD
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Elderly, Depression, Oral Health, Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index
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