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Related factors of oral health-related quality of life in the severely disabled people

배미정 1 황세현 2 김성애 2 Ji-Young Lee 3 Jung-Ae Yoon 3 Jung-Hyun Park 4 Urm Sang Hwa 5 Byeng Chul Yu 6

1해운대보건소 재반지소
2영산대학교
3동주대학교
4춘해보건대학교
5인제대학교
6고신대학교

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Objectives: The purpose of the study is to investigate the related factors of oral health-related quality of life in the severely disabled people. Methods: The subjects were 205 severe disabled people in Busan and Gyeongnam. Data were collected by direct interview with the severe disabled persons from June to August, 2011. The study instruments included oral health impact profile(OHIP)-14 and Korean instrumental activities of daily living(K-IADL). Data were analyzed by SAS version 9.2. The questionnaire consisted of eight questions of the general characteristics of the subjects, five questions of oral health related problem, seven questions of K-ADL, ten questions of K-IADL, fourteen questions of oral health related quality of life. Results: The severely disabled's IADL was 19.9±7.8 and the oral health-related quality of life was 17.5±10.5. In multiple regression analysis, oral health-related quality of life was closely related to multiple disorders and IADL. Conclusions: The oral health-related quality of life was poor in the severely disabled people. It is necessary to provide the severely disabled people with self-supporting tools that help ADL and IADL.

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