Relationship of Oral Health Behavior to Self-Efficacy among the Elderly

노인의 구강보건행동과 자기효능감의 관련성

  • Noh, Eun-Mi (Department of Dental Hygiene, Choonhae College of Health Sciences) ;
  • Jeon, Eun-Suk (Department of Dental Hygiene, Choonhae College of Health Sciences) ;
  • Ko, Su-Youn (Department of Dentistry, Daegu Catholic University Medical Center)
  • 노은미 (춘해보건대학교 치위생과) ;
  • 전은숙 (춘해보건대학교 치위생과) ;
  • 고수연 (대구가톨릭대학병원 치과)
  • Received : 2014.03.26
  • Accepted : 2014.05.22
  • Published : 2014.06.30

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to identify general, physical, and social self-efficacy according to oral health behavior among the elderly and examine the factors affecting them. For this purpose, a survey was conducted in 500 persons aged 60 years or older residing in Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province from June 1 to August 30, 2013. With the exception of 73 questionnaires that were not completed or contained insincere responses, 427 copies (recovery rate: 85.4%) were analyzed, thus obtaining the following results: 1) In terms of the respondents' socio-demographic characteristics, those who were younger, who were more highly educated, who were married, and who got a larger amount of monthly pocket money showed higher general, physical, and social self-efficacy, with statistically significant differences (p<0.001). 2) The group with good oral health behavior showed higher general and social self-efficacy and that with an average level of oral health behavior showed higher physical self-efficacy, with significant differences (p<0.001). 3) The factor most influential on oral health behavior was general self-efficacy (${\beta}=0.184$), followed by social self-efficacy (${\beta}=0.162$), physical self-efficacy (${\beta}=0.101$).

본 연구는 노인의 구강보건행동에 따른 일반적 자기효능감, 신체적 자기효능감, 사회적 자기효능감을 파악하고 관련성 요인들을 조사하기 위하여 2013년 6월 1일부터 8월 30일까지 대구광역시와 경상북도 지역에 거주하는 만 60세 이상의 노인 500명을 대상으로 설문조사하였으며 응답을 하지 않거나 답변이 불성실한 73명을 제외한 427명(회수율 85.4%)의 자료를 분석하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 조사대상자의 인구사회학적 특성에 따른 구강보건행동은 나이가 적을수록, 직업이 있는 경우, 학력이 높을수록, 이혼을 한 경우에 잘 실천하는 것으로 나타났다. 조사대상자의 인구사회학적 특성에 따른 자기 효능감은 나이가 적을수록, 학력이 높을수록, 기혼인 경우, 한 달 용돈이 많은 경우에 일반적 자기효능감과 신체적 자기효능감, 사회적 자기효능감 모두 높게 나타났으며 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 있었다(p<0.001). 구강보건행동을 잘 실천하는 군에서 일반적 자기효능감과 사회적 자기효능감이 높은 것으로 나타났으며 신체적 자기효능감은 보통인 군에서 높게 나타났으며 유의한 차이가 있었다(p<0.001). 구강보건행동과 관련성의 강도를 분석한 결과 일반적 자기효능감(${\beta}=0.184$)과 가장 연관성이 높았고, 다음은 사회적 자기효능감(${\beta}=0.162$), 신체적 자기효능감(${\beta}=0.101$) 순이었다. 이상의 결과를 미루어 볼 때 구강보건행동은 자기 효능감과 관련성이 있으며, 구강건강이 성공적 노화의 중요한 요소인 자기효능감에 밀접한 연관성이 있다는 것을 명백히 입증한 결과로서 더 이상 소홀히 취급되어서는 안 된다고 생각된다. 또한 구강건강저하가 사망의 직접적인 원인이 되지는 않지만 구강건강장애가 끊임없이 만성적으로 진행된다는 점에서 타 만성질환과 같이 발생되기 이전에 예방관리를 통해 구강건강을 유지 증진시켜 나가야 할 것으로 생각되며, 자기효능감을 높이고 원만한 대인관계를 위해서도 노년기 구강건강은 매우 중요하다고 할 수 있다.

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