• 대한치과기공학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.273-281
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• 2012

Purpose: This study conducted a survey on the elderly of 65 years and over with physical debilities and ones capable of living at home residing in Jeju Special Self-Government Province to compare and analyze demo-sociological characteristics and factors influencing on oral health related living quality. And also this study intended to provide basic data for developing effective public medical policies and health promotion programs to increase oral health related living quality of the elder. Methods: The elderly of 65 years and over living in Jeju Special Self-Government Province were interviewed individually from 7 February 2011 to 18 April and interview results of a total of 220 subjects were analysed for this study. Results: Current status of the elderly including ones with & without physical debilities influenced functional limitation and behavioral aspects of GOHAI criteria used in this study. The elderly with physical debilities experienced less limitation in food chewing and swallowing, and pronunciation than ones capable of living at home. On the analogy of the previous study(by Park, N. G., 2010) in which oral health related quality and satisfaction of life of the elderly with physical debilities were different due to their physical, circumstantial and psychological limitations, the former's oral health conditions are worse than the ones capable of living at home and because of medical care accessability limitation they suffer from deteriorated oral condition. By the comparison of factors influencing on the living quality relating to the oral health of the elderly with physical debilities and ones capable of living at home, 2 factors, age and living area, were meaningful factors commonly influencing on the oral health related living qualities of both. The elderly of 75 years and over were more affected by psychological and behavioral aspects of oral health related living quality than the ones of 65-74 years, and the ones living in country suffered from functional limitations, pains and discomfort more than ones in city. Additionally, being different from the elderly capable of living at home, the ones with physical debilities were influenced by the factors of average monthly income and medical security type. Conclusion: Improvement of programs and systems to increase oral health related quality of life needs to be carried out preferentially for the elderly of 75 years and over, and dwelling in country. Also this study suggests that the policy of paying the denture insurance allowance in 2012 need effective planning considering the elderly's current status, age, living area, medical security type.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.197-211
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• 2011

Objectives : OHIP-14 and EQ-5D were used, targeting the residents of farming communities to identify the elements that influence oral cavity's health and quality of life due to health and to identify the importance of oral cavity's health in order to increase health of adults' oral cavity and quality of life via improved health. Methods : This research was conducted from July 17th, 2010 to August 16th, 2010 targeting 600 residents in Goryeong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do, aging over 40. The data has been analyzed using Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis test and hierarchical multiple regression through SPSS Win Program 18.0 version. Results : 1. OHIP-14 and EQ-5D based on general characteristics showed lower oral health-related quality of life and health-related quality of life on the following cases: women (p=0.004, p<0.001), older (p<0.001, p<0.001), lower scholastic ability (p<0.001, p<0.001), lower average of average spending money (p<0.001, p<0.001), higher number of chronic disease (p<0.001, p<0.001), less drinking (p=0.012, p=0.008), lower perceived oral health and health status (p<0.001, p<0.001) and non smoking showed only EQ-5D (p<0.001). 2. OHIP-14 and EQ-5D based on oral health behavior showed lower oral health-related quality of life and health-related quality of life on the following cases: no periodic oral check-up (p<0.001, p<0.001), less experience of oral health education (p<0.001, p<0.001), horizontal tooth-brushing method(p<0.001, p<0.001) and lower frequency of tooth-brushing showed only OHIP-14 (p=0.042). OHIP-14 and EQ-5D based on oral health status and subjective oral symptom showed lower oral health-related quality of life and health-related quality of life on following cases: number of existing tooth less than 20 (p<0.001, p<0.001), the number of missing teeth more than 9 (p<0.001, p=0.044), DMFT (Decay, Missing, Filling Teeth) index more than 18 (p<0.001, p<0.001), wears denture (p<0.001, p<0.001), edentulous (p<0.001, p=0.002), have xerostomia (p<0.001, p<0.001) and have chewing discomfort (p<0.001, p<0.001). 3. Factors affecting OHIP-14 were gender, age, perceived oral health status, perceived health status, number of existing teeth, dental status, xerostomia and chewing discomfort, and the of reliability (how well it explains) the final model was 48.7%. EQ-5D showed relevance on gender, age, presence of chronic disease, perceived health status, xerostomia, chewing discomfort and oral health-related quality of life, and the reliability of the final model was 42.9%. Conclusions : In order to improve the quality of life of ruralists, oral health needs to be improved or remained by increasing the rate of possession of the existing teeth and preventing the loss of teeth. In order to do so, improvement of accessibility of dental clinic, change of direction from treatment-centered to prevention-centered health care system, development of oral health education program and various oral health care policies which would vitalize continuous oral health care system are considered to be necessary.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.247-256
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• 2008

일상생활에서 우리는 항상 스트레스에 노출되어 있으며, 스트레스에 대한 반응은 우리 삶의 질과 건강에 중요한 영향을 미친다. 특히 정서적으로 중요한 구강안면영역에도 다양한 스트레스성 질환이 존재한다. 그러나 스트레스와 질병에 관한 오랜 연구에도 불구하고 스트레스성 구강안면질환의 병인은 아직 명확하지 않다. 이에 저자는 최근 임상의학에서 관심이 집중되어지고 있는 스트레스와 질병에 대한 분자생물학적 접근의 일환으로 스트레스성 구강안면질환의 병인을 규명하고자 본 연구에 임하였다. 즉, 스트레스 단백질로 알려진 clusterin이 스트레스의 생리적 반응으로서 세포보호작용 결과 발현된다는 사실에 기초하여, 스트레스 부여 후 타액선 조직 내에서의 그 발현변화를 추적하였다. Sprague-Dawley계 웅성 백서(200-230g/bw)를 구속 스트레스 부여군(구속장치에 구속한 후 0, 3, 5일에 희생) 및 정상군으로 나누고, 각각 악하선을 적출하였으며, 면역조직화학법 및 Northern Blot을 이용하여 Clusterin의 변화를 관찰하였다. 그 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 구속 스트레스 부여군의 clusterin 단백질은 실험 즉일군에서 증가되었고, 그 이후에는 감소되었다. 2. 구속 스트레스 부여 3일군과 5일군에서 핵붕괴 및 핵농축 등의 핵변화를 동반한 apoptosis가 유도되었다. 3. 구속 스트레스 부여 결과, 선포세포가 도관세포보다 일찍 세포사하였다. 4. 구속 스트레스 부여군의 clusterin mRNA는 실험 즉일군에서만 미약하게 관찰되었다. 즉, 타액선 조직은 스트레스 단백질인 clusterin을 생산하여 세포를 보호함으로써 스트레스 상황에 적응하지만, 생리적 적응한계를 넘는 스트레스에 노출될 때에는 조직이 apoptosis됨이 확인되었다. 따라서, 본 연구결과는 구강건조증등 스트레스성 타액선관련 증상 및 질환의 병리적 기전에 대한 규명에 도움이 되리라고 생각하며, 또한 clusterin은 향후 생체에 가해진 스트레스에 대한 표식자(marker)로 사용될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.591-600
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• 2006

Purpose: This study assessed the impact of self-reported periodontal health on the oral health-related quality of life among elderly Koreans. Methods: Four hundred twenty one elderly Koreans in Seoul and suburban areas were selected with a cluster (institution) sampling method, and were requested to take oral examinations and finish questionnaires on the Oral Health Impact Profile-14(OHIP-14). and self-reported periodontal health status, such as periodontal symptoms, self-rated periodontal health and periodontal treatment need. As the dependent variable, OHIP-14 showed a positive skewed distribution (skewness: 1.17), we transformed to square-root form to apply parametric analyses. Bivariate analysis by t-test and ANOVA, and multivariate analysis with the two-level regression model accounting clusters were implemented. Results: Mean age of the subjects was 74.6 years and 66.5% were women. Fourteen items of OHIP-14 were summarized to one factor explaining 78.6% of total variance and produced the Chronbach alpha coefficient of 0.92. Results from the multivariate model, adjusting for age, sex, type of institutions, ability to pay, and number of teeth present, showed significantly lower OHIP-14 with reporting less than 3 periodontal symptoms (p(O.OOO1), rating their own periodontal health as above average level (p=O.0144), and thinking they don't need any periodontal treatments in the near future (p=O.0148), than their counterparts. The intraclass-corrrelation estimated by the final model was 0.028. Conclusion: This study demonstrates a significant association between self-reported periodontal health status and the oral health-related quality of life.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.119-131
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• 2017

본 연구는 당뇨병이 있는 지역사회 성인을 대상으로 농림어업인과 비농림어업인으로 구분하여 당뇨병 관리 지표들의 차이를 살펴보았으며, 특히 다양한 사회경제적 특성들을 보정한 이후에도 직업에 따른 유의한 차이가 나타나는지를 평가하였다. 2015년 지역사회건강조사에 참여한 대상자 중, 당뇨병을 진단받은 19세 이상 22,127명을 분석대상으로 하였다. 카이제곱검정과 로지스틱 회귀분석을 이용하여 농림어업인과 비농림어업인 간의 당뇨병 관리 수준을 비교하였다. 성, 연령, 교육 수준, 월평균 가구소득, 국민기초생활수급, 혼인상태의 사회경제적 상태를 순차적으로 보정하여 교차비(odds ratio; OR)와 95% 신뢰구간(confidence interval; CI)을 산출하였다. 연구결과, 당뇨병 대상자 중 농림어업인은 3,712명(16.8%), 비농림어업인은 18,415명(83.2%)이었다. 모든 사회경제적 상태를 보정한 후, 비농림어업인에 비해 농림어업인에서의 교차비(OR, 95% CI)는 당뇨병 비약물요법(0.72, 0.66-0.79), 당화혈색소 측정(0.61, 0.55-0.67), 당뇨병성 안질환 검사(0.76, 0.70-0.83), 당뇨병성 신장질환 검사(0.75, 0.70-0.81), 비음주 또는 적정음주(0.70, 0.64-0.78), 영양표시 독해(0.83, 0.71-0.98), 저염 선호(0.85, 0.78-0.93), 구강검진(0.60, 0.54-0.66), 스케일링(0.84, 0.77-0.93), 정기적 칫솔질(0.66, 0.58-0.76), 당뇨병 관리교육(0.84, 0.77-0.92)이 유의하게 낮았다. 반면, 농림어업인에서의 낮은 스트레스(1.39, 1.26-1.52)와 적정 수면시간(1.22, 1.13-1.32)의 교차비는 비농림어업인에 비해 유의하게 높았다. 전반적으로 농림어업인의 당뇨병 관리 지표들의 수준은 비농림어업인에 비해 양호하지 못하였다. 농림어업인의 당뇨병 관리 수준을 개선하여 합병증을 예방하고 건강관련 삶의 질을 향상시키기 위해서는 농림어업인의 직업적 특성을 고려한 특화된 당뇨병 개입전략이 필요하다.