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Relationship between depressive symptoms and unmet dental treatment according to gender of the elderly in Korea : 7th National Health and Nutrition Survey

  • Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
  • Abbr : J Korean Soc Dent Hyg
  • 2022, 22(6), pp.503~512
  • DOI : 10.13065/jksdh.20220057
  • Publisher : Korean Society of Dental Hygiene
  • Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Dentistry
  • Received : December 1, 2022
  • Accepted : December 8, 2022
  • Published : December 30, 2022

Young-Eun Jeon 1 Gaeun Lee 2 Jinseub Hwang 3 Jung Yun Sook 1

1경북대학교 과학기술대학 치위생학과
2대구대학교 일반대학원 통계학과
3대구대학교

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ABSTRACT

Objectives: This study aimed to study the association between unmet dental treatment and depression in the dental area of the elderly. Methods: The data was from the 7th period of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Multiple logistic regression analysis was performed to evaluate the relationship between depression and unmet dental treatment when confounding factors such as income quintile and smoking were considered. Statistical software, SAS 9.4 version was used. Results: After correcting all confounding factors, the analysis showed that the experience of unmet dental treatment was 2.73 times more likely among depressed men and 2.52 times more likely among depressed women (p<0.05). Conclusions: The results of this study suggested that we should consider that depression in the elderly can affect unmet dental treatment regardless of gender.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.