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http://dx.doi.org/10.17135/jdhs.2015.15.2.145

The Effects of Chewing Difficulty on the Prevalence of Osteoarthritis in Adults Aged 50 Years and Older  

Hwang, Su-Hyun (Department of Dental Hygiene, Choonhae College of Health Sciences)
Han, Sam-Sung (Faculty of Health Science, Daegu Haany University)
Yoo, Wang-Keun (Faculty of Health Science, Daegu Haany University)
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Journal of dental hygiene science / v.15, no.2, 2015 , pp. 145-152 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, PASW Statistics ver. 18.0 was used to analyze the correlation between chewing difficulty and osteoarthritis in the population of 8,498 persons aged 50 years and older who had completed the health related questionnaire in the fifth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey in 2010~2012. The following conclusion was drawn: The distribution of the chewing difficulty status showed that 38.8% of the respondents had chewing difficulty and that there was no significant difference by gender. Older respondents tended to have significantly greater chewing difficulty 34.3% of the respondents aged from 50 to 64 years and 46.4% of those aged 65 years and older, those who had lower levels of education and income, who were smokers, and who had higher levels of depression and stress suffered from significantly greater chewing difficulty. Chewing difficulty and osteoarthritis were correlated with each other: the respondents having chewing difficulty had 1.44 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.23~1.70) higher prevalence of osteoarthritis than those with no such difficulty. In addition, such correlation was not found in males: the former had 1.36 (95% CI, 0.98~1.88) higher prevalence of osteoarthritis than the latter, which was not statistically significant. Such correlation was found in females: the former had 1.47 (95% CI, 1.22~1.76) higher prevalence of osteoarthritis than the latter, which was statistically significant. Therefore, the chewing difficulty status affected osteoarthritis for females aged 50 years and older. Therefore, the efforts to solve oral health problems through oral hygiene would help prevent osteoarthritis from worsening and manage the condition.
Keywords
Adult; Chewing; Osteoarthritis;
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