TY - JOUR
T1 - Correlation of oral health literacy with demographic factors and oral hygiene among the elderly
AU - Kridaningrat, Bayu Brahmana
AU - Soegyanto, Anandina Irmagita
AU - Wimardhani, Yuniardini Septorini
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank the Centre of Ageing Studies, Universitas Indonesia, who hosted an event for data collection. This manuscript is supported by the PITTA Grant 2017 Directorate of Research and Community Engagement of the Universitas Indonesia.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, University of Dicle.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The increase in life expectancy has affected many aspects related to quality of life, including oral health among the elderly. Oral health literacy (OHL) is the ability to improve oral health status by ensuring good and exploiting health information. This ability in the elderly is very important. Therefore, research on the correlation between the OHL score, oral hygiene, and factors influencing these in the elderly is vital. This study aimed to determine the OHL scores of independent elderly individuals and correlate them with demographic factors and Simplified Oral Hygiene Index (OHI-S) scores. This cross-sectional study included 99 independent elderly individuals in Depok who were administered the Health Literacy in Dentistry questionnaire and underwent oral examination. Seventy-six respondents were finally included, with a mean OHL score of 2.53 ± 0.85 and OHI-S score of 2.8 ± 1.10. The bivariate non-parametric Spearman test showed correlations between the OHL score and gender, education level, and expenses per month (P<0.05) but no correlation between the OHL and OHI-S scores (P> 0.05). The OHL score of independent elderly individuals in Depok is influenced by gender, education level, and expense per month.
AB - The increase in life expectancy has affected many aspects related to quality of life, including oral health among the elderly. Oral health literacy (OHL) is the ability to improve oral health status by ensuring good and exploiting health information. This ability in the elderly is very important. Therefore, research on the correlation between the OHL score, oral hygiene, and factors influencing these in the elderly is vital. This study aimed to determine the OHL scores of independent elderly individuals and correlate them with demographic factors and Simplified Oral Hygiene Index (OHI-S) scores. This cross-sectional study included 99 independent elderly individuals in Depok who were administered the Health Literacy in Dentistry questionnaire and underwent oral examination. Seventy-six respondents were finally included, with a mean OHL score of 2.53 ± 0.85 and OHI-S score of 2.8 ± 1.10. The bivariate non-parametric Spearman test showed correlations between the OHL score and gender, education level, and expenses per month (P<0.05) but no correlation between the OHL and OHI-S scores (P> 0.05). The OHL score of independent elderly individuals in Depok is influenced by gender, education level, and expense per month.
KW - Independent elderly
KW - Oral health literacy
KW - Oral hygiene status
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85050177591
SN - 1309-100X
VL - 10
SP - 460
EP - 464
JO - Journal of International Dental and Medical Research
JF - Journal of International Dental and Medical Research
IS - Specialissue
ER -
