Oral health of the elderly people receiving nursing care and home care serivces in Chungnam (충남 일부지역 요양기관과 재가 노인들의 구강보건에 관한 연구)

Jang，Hee Kyung (장희경); Eun-Mi Choi (최은미); SON BU- SOON (손부순)

Oral health of the elderly people receiving nursing care and home care serivces in Chungnam

Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
Abbr : J Korean Soc Dent Hyg
2015, 15(4), pp.565-574
Publisher : Korean Society of Dental Hygiene
Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Dentistry

Jang，Hee Kyung ¹, Eun-Mi Choi ², SON BU- SOON ³

¹신성대학교
²경동대학교
³순천향대학교

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ABSTRACT

Objectives: The purpose of the study is to investigate the oral health of the elderly people receiving nursing care and home care services in Chungnam. Methods: The subjects were 350 elderly people receiving 21 nursing care and home care services in Chungnam. The direct interview with the elderly people and oral examination was carried out from July, 2012 to December, 2013 after explanation fo the purpose of the study. The subjects consisted of 178 elderly people receiving nursing care services and 172 elderly people receiving home care services. Except incomplete answers, 315 data were analyzed. The questionnaire consisted of general characteristics of the subjects, characteristics by facility, oral condition, oral care behavior, correlation by factors on oral health, influencing factor on dental caries, influencing factor on periodontal disease, and influencing factor on elasticity of gingival muscle. Data were analyzed by frequency analysis, chi-square test, and multiple regression analysis using SPSS 21.0 program. Results: Multivariate analysis of influencing factors on oral health revealed that the elderly people with low education level tended to have higher incidence rate of dental caries. The influencing factors on oral health were the elasticity of gingival muscle, periodontal disease, educational level, and economic level. (p<0.05). The explanation power was 26.2%. Conclusions: Oral Health Promotion should be obligatorily established as one of the medical system and medical fee system to promote oral health condition for the aged.

KEYWORDS

dental caries, dental health, nursing care institution, elderly people, periodontal disease

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