@article{ART001969015},
author={이지희 and Cho Mi-Hyang and 문덕환},
title={The influencing factors of denture satisfaction in the low income elderly people},
journal={Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene},
issn={2287-1705},
year={2015},
volume={15},
number={1},
pages={73-79},
doi={10.13065/jksdh.2015.15.01.73}
TY - JOUR
AU - 이지희
AU - Cho Mi-Hyang
AU - 문덕환
TI - The influencing factors of denture satisfaction in the low income elderly people
JO - Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
PY - 2015
VL - 15
IS - 1
PB - Korean Society of Dental Hygiene
SP - 73
EP - 79
SN - 2287-1705
AB - Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors influencing on the denture satisfaction in the low income elderlypeople.
Methods: The subjects were 143 elderly people from 60 to 75 years old wearing dentures and receiving consistent follow-up in thepublic health center in Busan. A self-reported questionnaire was filled out by the elderly people from February 1 to March 1, 2013.
The questionnaire consisted of denture satisfaction, social variables, and psychological variables. Data were analyzed by ANOVAand multiple regression analysis using SPSS 18.0. The sociodemographic characteristics included gender, age, and chronic diseases.
The recognition of oral health included pronunciation, denture maintenance, mastication ability, and education for denture care. Thequestionnaire was measured by Likert 5 scale.
Results: Gender, chronic disease, denture care instructions, and the self-preception of the oral health after denture treatment wereclosely correlated with denture satisfaction(p<0.001). Age and the number of repairs were very important factor to denturesatisfaction(p<0.05). Elderly women were more satisfied with denture than men and those who had no chronic diseases tended to bemore satisfied with denture. Those who received oral care instructions were more satisfied with the denture than those who did not.
The younger age group and no repairing prosthetic group tended to be more satisfied with the denture.
Conclusions: It is important to provide the denture management services to the low income elderly when they demand the services.
The national dental health policy must be focused on connection of the elderly people denture services with the public health center.
KW - denture satisfaction;low income elderly;the elderly
DO - 10.13065/jksdh.2015.15.01.73
ER -
이지희, Cho Mi-Hyang and 문덕환. (2015). The influencing factors of denture satisfaction in the low income elderly people. Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene, 15(1), 73-79.
이지희, Cho Mi-Hyang and 문덕환. 2015, "The influencing factors of denture satisfaction in the low income elderly people", Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene, vol.15, no.1 pp.73-79. Available from: doi:10.13065/jksdh.2015.15.01.73
이지희, Cho Mi-Hyang, 문덕환 "The influencing factors of denture satisfaction in the low income elderly people" Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene 15.1 pp.73-79 (2015) : 73.
이지희, Cho Mi-Hyang, 문덕환. The influencing factors of denture satisfaction in the low income elderly people. 2015; 15(1), 73-79. Available from: doi:10.13065/jksdh.2015.15.01.73
이지희, Cho Mi-Hyang and 문덕환. "The influencing factors of denture satisfaction in the low income elderly people" Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene 15, no.1 (2015) : 73-79.doi: 10.13065/jksdh.2015.15.01.73
이지희; Cho Mi-Hyang; 문덕환. The influencing factors of denture satisfaction in the low income elderly people. Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene, 15(1), 73-79. doi: 10.13065/jksdh.2015.15.01.73
이지희; Cho Mi-Hyang; 문덕환. The influencing factors of denture satisfaction in the low income elderly people. Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene. 2015; 15(1) 73-79. doi: 10.13065/jksdh.2015.15.01.73
이지희, Cho Mi-Hyang, 문덕환. The influencing factors of denture satisfaction in the low income elderly people. 2015; 15(1), 73-79. Available from: doi:10.13065/jksdh.2015.15.01.73
이지희, Cho Mi-Hyang and 문덕환. "The influencing factors of denture satisfaction in the low income elderly people" Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene 15, no.1 (2015) : 73-79.doi: 10.13065/jksdh.2015.15.01.73
