Association between Oral Health Behaviors and Health Related Quality of Life in Korean Adults

Korean J Women Health Nurs

Park

Nho

2022

Purpose: Various individual and social factors influence depression in pregnant women. The purpose of this study was to identify the influence of socioeconomic status, health behaviors, and health status on depression of pregnant women in Korea. Methods: This study analyzed data from the 2019 Korean Community Health Survey conducted from August to October 2019. The data of 1,096 pregnant women between the ages of 19 and 55 years were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent-test and chi-square tests, and multiple regression.Results: The mean score of prenatal depression was 2.35 points out of 0 to 27 points. Low income (B=0.69, p<.001), low-education level (B=0.70, p<.001), skipping breakfast (B=0.34, p=.001), less than 8 hours of sleeping (B=0.26, p=.009), binge drinking during pregnancy (B=0.46, p=.001), and stress (B=1.89, p<.001) were significantly associated with increased depression scores. In contrast, depression scores significantly decreased as subjective health status (B=–0.59, p<.001) and subjective oral health status (B=–.17, p=.003) increased.Conclusion: Findings support the need for healthcare policies and clinical screening to alleviate prenatal depression, especially for pregnant women with low socioeconomic status, poor health behavior, poor health status, and high stress.

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confidence: 99%

Associated factors of depression in pregnant women in Korea based on the 2019 Korean Community Health Survey: a cross-sectional study

Korean J Women Health Nurs

Park

Nho

2022

“…칫솔질은 구강질환을 예방하기 위해 가장 중요하고 일상에서 적용 하기 간편한 방법으로 구강질환의 주된 원인이 되는 치면세균막을 제 거할 뿐만 아니라 치은을 마사지하여 치은 염증에 대한 저항성을 높인 다 7) . 이처럼 구강건강에 많은 영향을 미치는 칫솔질과 주기적인 치과 검진 등의 구강보건행위를 많이 수행할수록 건강과 관련한 삶의 질이 높아진다 8) .…”

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The effect of depression on tooth brushing frequency in the elderly in Korea

J Korean Acad Oral Health

Lee

et al. 2022

Objectives: This study aimed to identify the relationship between mental health problems and oral health in older adults. Methods:The participants of this study were older adults aged 65 years or older. The study used the data of 16,489 people who responded to the 7th Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Multiple logistic regression analysis was performed to evaluate the effect of depression on the frequency of tooth brushing when confounding factors such as income quintile and smoking were considered. Statistical software, SAS 9.4 ver. (SAS Institute, Cary, NC) was used. Results: Depressed older adult participants were 1.3 times more likely to brush their teeth less than three times a day than non-depressed participants, which was statistically significant. In women with depression, the odds of brushing their teeth less than three times a day were 1.5 times higher than those without depression, which was statistically significant. Conclusions: Depression in older adults is correlated with the number of tooth brushes per day. Moreover, depression in women affects their number of tooth brushes.

“…Oral diseases cause problems such as pain, sleep disorders, chewing and eating disorders, and pronunciation disorders, causing various activity restrictions [2]. It has been reported that a disability caused by oral injury affects daily life and can cause severe dysfunction [3,4]. These oral diseases should be managed compre-hensively and preventively.…”

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confidence: 99%

Analysis of the Effects of Unmet Dental Care on Dental Treatment Needs: Based on the 8th Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2019)

Park

2022

Int J Clin Prev Dent

Objective:The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors that unmet dental care in terms of oral health problems and dental care requirements affect the need for dental treatment. Methods:We used data from the 8th National Health and Nutrition Survey 1st Year (2019), which surveyed 10,859 participants. We included 5,581 adults aged ≥19 years. To analyze the general characteristics of the participants and determine whether and why their dental care was unmet, survey responses were reclassified and a frequency analysis was conducted. The Rao-Scott chi-square test and composite sample multiple logistic regression analysis was conducted to determine the relationship between general characteristics, oral health behavior, oral conditions, dental needs, and unmet dental care.Results: Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed association between dental needs and access to dental care. Unmet dental care-based analysis revealed that women were 0.77 times more likely to receive dental treatment than men. When prosthetics and implants were in the oral cavity, they were 1.30 and 1.36 times higher. Conclusion:Due to its retrospective cross-sectional design, the study only included participants of the 8th National Health and Nutrition Survey, limiting its ability to establish causal relationships. Future studies are warranted to provide an in-depth analysis by expanding not only the subjective oral health status but also objective oral health indicators according to dental preventive treatment standards and to use these data to determine the factors affecting the systemic health status of citizens.