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Factors Affecting the unexamined Oral Examination in Cancer Patients – The 7th Korea national health and nutrition examination survey

  • Journal of The Korea Society of Computer and Information
  • Abbr : JKSCI
  • 2022, 27(6), pp.87-93
  • DOI : 10.9708/jksci.2022.27.06.087
  • Publisher : The Korean Society Of Computer And Information
  • Research Area : Engineering > Computer Science
  • Received : April 6, 2022
  • Accepted : June 13, 2022
  • Published : June 30, 2022

Jung, Yu-Yeon 1 Kyung-Yi Chung 2

1가톨릭관동대학교
2호남대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study was conducted to use as basic data to increase the oral examination rate by analyzing Whether to undergo oral examination and the Factors Affecting the unexamined Oral Examination in Cancer Patients. These factors were analyzed using the results from 376 cancer patients in 7th Korea national health and nutrition examination survey. The data were analyzed complex sample frequency analysis and chi-square analysis, multiple logistic regression by using SPSS/WIN 26.0 program. 38% of cancer patients had oral examination and 62% did not. The Factors Affecting the unexamined Oral Examination increased by 3.641 times in over 70 years of age and by 3.928 times in graduating less than elementary school, by 3.740 times in the low-income group, 2.050 times in less than 2 brushing times a day, by 2.533 times in the chewing-problems group, by 2.746 times in speech problems group. The study results show that the oral examination rate of cancer patients was very low. It is necessary to to expand education on the importance of oral care and oral examination in consideration of oral complications and to actively introduce a customized oral health management program for cancer patients.

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