The Relationship between the Oral Health and the Nutritional Status at Elderly People through Visiting Dental Care Services at Chilgok Public Health Center
이진영, 노진영, 서정희, 최윤화,
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이진영 ( Lee Jin-Young ) - Daejeon Sun Hospital
노진영 ( Roh Jin-Young ) - Dankook University Graduate School Department of Oral Health
서정희 ( Seo Jung-Hee ) - Gangneung Yeongdong College Department of Dental Hygiene
최윤화 ( Choi Yun-Hwa ) - Gachon University Department of Dental Hygiene
KMID : 1157520140100030127
Abstract
Objective: Home visiting health program is one of the important projects for senile groups with disabled at the community.
Methods: Fifty of the subjects for aged people for the home visiting oral health program performing from Chilgok Public Health Center, were selected for evaluation of the program. Interview method was applied to investigate such items as life pattern, diet, number of the residual teeth, systemic disease, oral status, smoking, and drinking habits and Peason's correla-tion co-efficient was estimated.
Results: The obtained results were as followings. There were no relationships between the oral health status and diet patterns for elderly people, except the decreasing tendency was revealed according to age increasement. There were relationships between the frequency of the instating of fat, milk product or instant foods, each others and a little relationship between the intake of the sweet diet, vegetable and fruit water supply, chewing gum, instant food, carbohydrate and protein, each others. The more frequent diet was revealed in aged people who take a regular meals. There was a trend that take a meal accom-pany with others for male aged person, otherwise without other family for female. It revealed more intake of the milk prod-uct, fat diet for senile with denture wear, than non-wearer. It revealed that better chewing the gum with more than 18 natural teeth, than in less teeth.
Conclusion: It was recommended to educated for the diet problem at the visiting oral health program for senile, in other to intake the proper nutrient for aged people.
키워드
oral health; nutritional status; elderly people; home visiting; public health center
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