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Necessity of Oral Health Care for Patients with Hypertension and Diabetes Related to Gwangju Community Care Project

  • Hyun Joo Kang (Department of Dental Hygiene, KwangJu Women's University)
  • Received : 2024.05.03
  • Accepted : 2024.05.25
  • Published : 2024.06.30
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Abstract

In this study, 293 middle-aged and elderly people in Gwangju·Jeonnam were analyzed for prevalence of hypertension and diabetes and health behavior index using composite logistic regression analysis using SPSS ver 21.0. The prevalence of hypertension was significant in age, education level, and household type, and the prevalence of diabetes was significant in education level. The prevalence of hypertension according to health behavior related indicators was significant in subjective health awareness, prosthesis repair, and discomfort chewing, and the prevalence of diabetes was significant in subjective health awareness, oral examination, discomfort chewing. The variables affecting the prevalence of hypertension were age and prosthetic repair, and the variables affecting the prevalence of diabetes were age, prosthetic repair, discomfort chewing, and annual drinking frequency. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between hypertension, diabetes mellitus prevalence and health behavior indicators of middle-aged and elderly people, and to help the importance of Community Care and oral health care improvement program.

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported with the support of Kwangju Women's University's [local university revitalization project (Assignment number 23P221A1)].

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