A Study of Oral Health Knowledge and Status of the Elderly in Ulju-gun

울주군 일부지역 노인의 주관적 구강건강인지 및 수준에 관한 조사

The purpose of this research was to find out their perception of the dental hygiene and level of its knowledge by estimating status of senior adults' dental health management. First, questionnaires were distributed to the 256 target senior adults aged more than 60, who were going to school for senior adults located in Ulju Country and the survey was conducted by interview directly. The results were as follows; 1. As for tooth brushing method, scrubbing method was used in male and rolling method was used in female and the survey results statistically revealed that rolling method was the most used in aged from 60 to 70(68.1%) and scrubbing method was the most used in aged more than 70(80.4%)[p < 0.001]. 2. As for reason of visiting dental clinic, female respondents accounting for the highest said they visited dental clinic when they feel a pain in the teeth and as for frequence of dental clinic, male respondents visited dental clinic for a once per a year. there was no difference statistically according to age(47.9%). 3. As for the perception of the necessity of dental prosthetic treatment, there was higher positive response in the female than male, in the lower aged groups than higher aged group[p<0.05]. 4. As for the question of whether to use of denture or not now, the survey results was statistically that the higher aged group and male groups were higher used dentures [p < 0.001]. 5. As for maintenance of denture, female respondents said the highest that they keep it in cold water after cleaning(95.5%), there was no difference statistically according to age and educational background [p < 0.001].

본 연구에서는 노인의 구강건강관리 실태를 파악하여 구강건강 인지 및 수준을 파악하고자 만 60세 이상 노인 256명을 대상으로 설문지를 배포한 후 직접 면접 조사하여 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. 잇솔질 방법은 남자의 경우 횡마법, 여자의 경우 회전법을 주로 사용하고 있었으며, 60~69세에서는 회전법 68.1%, 70세 이상에서는 횡마법 80.4%로 통계적으로 유의하게 나타났다(p < 0.001). 2. 성별 치과방문 실태는 60~69세에서 이가 아플 때 내원한다가 49.1%로 높았고, 70세 이상에서 1년에 한번 내원한다가 47.9%로 높게 나타났으나 통계적으로 유의하지는 않았다. 3. 구강 내 보철장착 필요성 인식여부는 여자가 75.4%로 남자보다 높았고, 60~69세에서 74.1%로 70세 이상 보다 60~69세에서 통계적으로 유의하게 높았으며(p < 0.05), 학력별 구강 내 보철장착 필요성 인식여부는 무학 77.2%, 초등학교 졸업이상에서 57.0%로 무학이 통계적으로 유의하게 높았다(p < 0.01) 4. 현재 의치사용 유무는 남자가 92.6%로 여자보다 의치 사용율이 더 높았고, 60~69세에서 62.9%, 70세 이상에서 85.0%로 연령이 높을수록 통계적으로 유의하게 높았다(p < 0.001). 5. 의치 관리 실태는 세척 후 찬물에 보관한다가 여자가 95.5%로 통계적으로 유의하게 높았고(p < 0.001), 연령별, 학력별 의치사용 유무는 세척 후 찬물에 보관한다가 높게 나타났으나 통계적으로 유의하지는 않았다.