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Degree of Dry Mouth and Factors Influencing Oral Health-related Quality of Life for Community-Dwelling Elders
Myung Sook Park, Se Ang Ryu
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2010;40(5):747-755.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2010.40.5.747
Published online: October 31, 2010

1Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Sun Moon University, Asan, Korea.

2Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Dongshin University, Naju, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Ryu, Se Ang. Department of Nursing, Dongshin University, 252 Daeho-dong, Naju 520-714, Korea. Tel: 82-61-330-3585, Fax: 82-61-330-3580, saryu@dsu.ac.kr
• Received: March 31, 2010   • Accepted: October 14, 2010

Copyright © 2010 Korean Society of Nursing Science

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  • Purpose
    This study was conducted to investigate the degree of dry mouth and oral health-related quality of life and to identify factors contributing to oral health-related quality of life for community-dwelling elders.
  • Methods
    A descriptive correlational study design was used. Participants were 156 older adults from two senior welfare centers. Data were collected on February 21, 22 and 29, 30, 2009 using structured questionnaires. Enter type multiple regression analysis was used to identify factors influencing oral health-related quality of life according to general and oral health characteristics.
  • Results
    There were significant differences in oral health-related quality of life according to living arrangement, insurance, smoking, number of natural teeth, and denture type. The oral health-related quality of life had significant correlations with the number of chronic disease, number of medications, and dry mouth. Factors influencing oral health-related quality of life for community-dwelling older adults were dry mouth, number of chronic disease, and medical aid, which explained about 47.9% of total variance.
  • Conclusion
    These results indicate that in order to promote oral health-related quality of life for older adults, prevention or management of chronic diseases as well as oral health and dry mouth are needed for this population, and especially economically poor elders.
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Table 1
General and Oral Health Characteristics (N=156)
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*Duplicated selection possible; Ranked top 4.

Table 2
Differences in Degree of Dry Mouth according to General and Oral Health Characteristics (N=156)
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Table 3
Differences in Oral Health-related Quality of Life according to General and Oral Health Characteristics (N=156)
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Table 4
Correlations of Oral Health-related Quality of Life with General and Oral Health Characteristics (N=156)
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*Duplicated selection possible.

Table 5
Factors Influencing Oral Health related Quality of Life (N=156)
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*Duplicated selection possible; **Medical aid, smoking, living arrangement, natural teeth, and dentures were entered as categorical variables with reference as medical insurance, no smoking, living alone, natural teeth ≤9, and no dentures, respectively.

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    General and Oral Health Characteristics (N=156)

    *Duplicated selection possible; Ranked top 4.

    Differences in Degree of Dry Mouth according to General and Oral Health Characteristics (N=156)

    Differences in Oral Health-related Quality of Life according to General and Oral Health Characteristics (N=156)

    Correlations of Oral Health-related Quality of Life with General and Oral Health Characteristics (N=156)

    *Duplicated selection possible.

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    *Duplicated selection possible; **Medical aid, smoking, living arrangement, natural teeth, and dentures were entered as categorical variables with reference as medical insurance, no smoking, living alone, natural teeth ≤9, and no dentures, respectively.

    Table 1 General and Oral Health Characteristics (N=156)

    *Duplicated selection possible; Ranked top 4.

    Table 2 Differences in Degree of Dry Mouth according to General and Oral Health Characteristics (N=156)

    Table 3 Differences in Oral Health-related Quality of Life according to General and Oral Health Characteristics (N=156)

    Table 4 Correlations of Oral Health-related Quality of Life with General and Oral Health Characteristics (N=156)

    *Duplicated selection possible.

    Table 5 Factors Influencing Oral Health related Quality of Life (N=156)

    *Duplicated selection possible; **Medical aid, smoking, living arrangement, natural teeth, and dentures were entered as categorical variables with reference as medical insurance, no smoking, living alone, natural teeth ≤9, and no dentures, respectively.


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