Abstract
This study was conducted to investigate the health behavior and the oral health status of workers engaged in a manufacturing business, and to analyze the related factors that affect their number if teeth loss. References for the study involved the materials of 526 individuals whose occupational categories are of a manufacturing business, amongst the survey participants in seven city or gun (county) area including Gyeongsan-si, Gyeongju-si, Mungyeong-si, Chilgok-gun, Yecheon-gun and Sangju-gun for the Community Health Survey (CHS) conducted in 2008. The CHS 2008 was conducted for three months from September to November 2008, and the survey details utilized in the study included the number of loss of teeth and teeth-brushing frequency, which was a part of CHS questionnaires and also additionally included for the study. The analysis with respect to the number of teeth loss on sociodemographic factors, was found to be significantly related to the age, educational status, average monthly income and occupation (p<.01). In the $x^2$-test in terms of the oral health status and the number of teeth loss, it was found that the teeth-brushing after lunch (p<.05) and an experience in an oral examination were statistically significant factors (p<.01). According to the multiple-regression analysis with the number of teeth loss being a dependent variable, the age, educational status, marital status and subjective oral health status were the statistically significant (p<.01). In conclusion, it is important to provide education on the teeth-brushing subjected to workers engaged in a manufacturing business with many dental caries and low educational status, and to recommend a regular scaling as well as to establish policy for creating conditions upon an oral health check-up and a tooth scaling and thus allow the maintenance of an oral health.
이 연구는 경상북도 지역의 제조업 근로자를 대상으로 상실치아실태와 관련요인을 분석하고자 실시하였다. 1. 일반적 특성에 따른 상실치아 개수와의 관련성 분석에서는 연령, 교육수준, 월평균소득, 근무분야가 유의한 관련성이 있는 것으로 나타났다(p<.01). 2. 구강건강상태와 상실치아 개수와의 관련성 분석에서는 점심식사 후 잇솔질 여부(p<.05), 구강검진경험(p<.01)이 유의한 관련성이 있었다. 3. 상실치아개수를 종속변수로 한 다중회귀분석에서는 연령, 교육수준, 결혼여부와 주관적 구강건강수준이 유의한 변수였다(p<.01). 이 결과로 볼 때, 나이가 많고 교육수준이 낮은 생산직 근로자들을 대상으로 잇솔질에 대한 교육을 실시하고, 정기적인 스케일링을 권장하며, 구강검진과 스케일링을 할 수 있는 여건조성을 위한 정책을 만들어 구강건강을 유지할 수 있도록 할 필요가 있다.
