Predictors of chewing discomfort among community-dwelling elderlyopen access지역사회 노인에서의 저작불편감 예측요인
- Other Titles
- 지역사회 노인에서의 저작불편감 예측요인
- Authors
- Moon, Seol Hwa; Hong, Gwi Ryung son
- Issue Date
- Sep-2017
- Publisher
- Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing
- Keywords
- Chewing; Community-dwelling; Elderly
- Citation
- Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing, v.28, no.3, pp.302 - 312
- Indexed
- SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing
- Volume
- 28
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 302
- End Page
- 312
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/151763
- DOI
- 10.12799/jkachn.2017.28.3.302
- ISSN
- 1225-9594
- Abstract
- Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify associated factors of chewing discomfort among community-dwelling elderly.
Methods: The study was cross-sectional design and secondary data analysis using the 6th Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Among the total of 7,550 participants, data was analyzed with 1,126 adults aged 65 years and over. Chewing discomfort was assessed by the perceived chewing discomfort. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to find the associated factors of chewing discomfort.
Results: Along with 61.7% of the participants reported having chewing discomfort, 85.2% reported to perceive poor oral health and 35.0% had oral pain. In multivariate logistic regression, perceived oral health (OR 3.22, 95% CI 2.24~4.63), oral pain (OR 2.46, 95% CI 1.76~3.43), activity limitation (OR 1.71, 95% CI 1.05~2.80), teeth requiring treatment (OR 1.61, 95% CI 1.14~2.26), number of remaining teeth (OR 1.60, 95% CI 1.22~2.10) and educational level (OR 1.56, 95% CI 1.15~2.12) were the significant predictors of chewing discomfort.
Conclusion: The prevalence in chewing discomfort was high in elderly Koreans and various factors were associated with chewing discomfort. To improve chewing ability, it is suggested that the national level of policies offer strategical oral health programs in this population.
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