Association among Perceived #OralHealth, General Health, Activity Limitation and Quality of Life in Korea Older #Adults by Seungyoun Hong in BJSTR

Abstract

Background: The purpose of this research was to assess the association among self-rated oral health, general #health, and #qualityoflife(QOL) in Korean older adults.

Method: Data were analyzed from the 5th Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination #Survey (KNHANES V, 2010) with 1,866 subjects, aged 60 or older. QOL was measured by EQ-5D (EuroQOl-5 Dimension). Self-rated oral health was queried in a health interview survey. Chi-square and hierarchical logistic regression #analyses were conducted using IBM SPSS 23.0.

Results: More than 45% and 31% of the subjects rated their oral health and general health as poor, respectively. Subjects who were women (t=-0.24, p<.05) and less educated (p<.05) were more likely to report poor perceived oral health. The correlation between oral and general health was weak (rho=0.14, p<.001) but subjects perceived their general health very good and good had significantly better perceived oral health (F=10.99, p<.001). After controlling for confounders, subjects who had less difficulty in chewing (OR: 0.15, 95% CI: 0.13-0.20), better perceived health (OR: 0.47, 95% CI: 0.25-0.90) and no depressive symptom (OR: 0.69, 95% CI: 0.50-0.97) faced less perceived oral health difficulties than those who had chewing difficulties, worse perceived health and with #depressivesymptom.

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Association among Perceived #OralHealth, General Health, Activity Limitation and Quality of Life in Korea Older #Adults by Seungyoun Hong in BJSTR