Affecting the community periodontal index of korean elderly Shim Youn-Soo1,*, An So-Youn2, Park So-Young3 1Associate Professor, Department of Dental Hygiene, Division of Health Sciences, Sunmoon University, Asan-si, South Korea, 2Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, College of dentistry, Won Kwang University and Wonkwang Dental Research Institute, Daejeon, South Korea 3Assistant Professor, Department of Dental Hygiene, Wonkwang Health Science University, Iksan-si, South Korea *Corresponding Author: Youn-Soo Shim Professor, Division of Health Sciences, Sunmoon University, Korea Email: shim-21@daum.net
Online published on 16 October, 2018. Abstract This study was conducted to obtain basic data necessary for developing an oral health promotion program and improve the quality of life of senior citizens using elderly facilities. Towards this end, the study analyzed factors that have an impact on their community periodontal index (CPI). The elderly population, using an elderly facility located in Jeollabuk-do, was selected for convenience sampling. Of the 430 respondents who received the questionnaire, 15 were excluded for being unreliable and 415 were selected as subjects for the final analysis. The CPI was high when the subjects had no family living together with them. The CPI was high when the subjects had no monthly income. By age, those aged 80 or over had the highest CPI. Community Periodontal Index 3 was the highest with 181. There were 114 of the Community Periodontal Index 4, 94 of the Community Periodontal Index 2, and 26 of the Community Periodontal Index 0–1. Demographical characteristics that impact the CPI included gender, living with family, monthly income and age. In other words, more women than men, those living away from family, those with no monthly income and older individuals had high CPI scores, and the explanatory power of the variables was 17.6. Oral health symptoms included food impaction, bleeding, dry mouth and pain in teeth. Those with food impaction, bleeding, dry mouth and pain in teeth had high CPI scores. The explanatory power of the variables was 42.7. It may be concluded that systematic oral health education should be provided to elderly individuals to improve their oral health and enhance the quality of their lives. Top Keywords Community Periodontal Index, Dry mouth, Elderly, Oral bleeding, Oral health symptoms. Top |