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초록

영어

The purpose of this study is to provide a set of fundamental data for the oral hygiene education for the elderly as a result of the survey on the oral hygiene and subjective oral health of the elderly in an aged society. For this purpose, 269 elders who dwelled in Gyeongsangbuk-do region were randomly selected in an arbitrary selection process, followed by a survey on their oral hygiene and health. The collected data were coded and processed by using SPSS 15.0 software. As for the analysis of the data, the general characteristics and the basic items concerning the management of the oral health were analyzed for their frequency and percentages, while the general characteristics and the awareness on the oral health were processed with Chi-square validation to show a set of results as follows; Firstly, among the items on the oral health, the satisfaction on the current condition of their oral health was below average. Secondly, concerning the oral hygienic behaviors, the majority of the samples answered that they were brushing their teeth twice a day. And, as for the brushing methods, the largest number of the samples answered that they were brushing their teeth in a 'horizontal direction'. Thirdly, they reported they were having difficulties in getting dental treatments. The implications of this study are that it is necessary to provide sound oral health education to them to correct the inappropriate oral hygienic behaviors.

목차

 Ⅰ. 서론
 Ⅱ. 연구방법
  1. 연구 대상
  2. 연구도구 및 내용
  3. 자료처리 및 분석
 Ⅲ. 연구결과
  1. 일반적 특성
  2. 구강건강상태
  3. 구강보건 행태
 Ⅳ. 고찰 및 결론
 참고문헌

키워드

저자

• 이숙정 [ Sook-Jeong Lee | 김천대학교 치위생학과 ]
• 김창환 [ Chang-Hwan kim | 춘해보건대학 보건행정과 ]
• 최규일 [ Gyu-Yil Choi | 대구보건대학 치위생과 ]

참고문헌

발행기관

간행물

표지보기 관심저널 등록

• 간행물명

  보건의료산업학회지 [The Korean Journal of Health Service Management]

• 간기

  계간

• pISSN

  2093-5986

• 수록기간

  2007~2026

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 517 DDC 613