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Relationship of Oral Health Behavior to Self-Efficacy among the Elderly  

Noh, Eun-Mi (Department of Dental Hygiene, Choonhae College of Health Sciences)
Jeon, Eun-Suk (Department of Dental Hygiene, Choonhae College of Health Sciences)
Ko, Su-Youn (Department of Dentistry, Daegu Catholic University Medical Center)
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Journal of dental hygiene science / v.14, no.2, 2014 , pp. 167-175 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to identify general, physical, and social self-efficacy according to oral health behavior among the elderly and examine the factors affecting them. For this purpose, a survey was conducted in 500 persons aged 60 years or older residing in Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province from June 1 to August 30, 2013. With the exception of 73 questionnaires that were not completed or contained insincere responses, 427 copies (recovery rate: 85.4%) were analyzed, thus obtaining the following results: 1) In terms of the respondents' socio-demographic characteristics, those who were younger, who were more highly educated, who were married, and who got a larger amount of monthly pocket money showed higher general, physical, and social self-efficacy, with statistically significant differences (p<0.001). 2) The group with good oral health behavior showed higher general and social self-efficacy and that with an average level of oral health behavior showed higher physical self-efficacy, with significant differences (p<0.001). 3) The factor most influential on oral health behavior was general self-efficacy (${\beta}=0.184$), followed by social self-efficacy (${\beta}=0.162$), physical self-efficacy (${\beta}=0.101$).
Keywords
Elderly; Oral health behavior;
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