1Research Scholar, Department of Public Health Sciences, Graduate School, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
2Associate Professor, Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Health Sciences, Sunmoon University, Asan, Korea
*Corresponding Author: Young-Soo Lee Associate Professor, Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Health Sciences, Sunmoon University, Asan, Korea-xpin , Email: dhyslee@sunmoon.ac.kr
Online published on 7 December, 2018.
This study aims to assess the relationship between oral health awareness and successful aging in middle-aged women.
The subjects of this study were 198 middle-aged women aged 40–60 years. The dependent variable was recognition of successful aging. The independent variable was oral health awareness. To confirm the effect of oral health awareness on the recognition of successful aging, oral health awareness and the recognition of successful aging were dichotomized using the median value and a logistic regression analysis was carried out.
After adjusting for confounding variables, the recognition of successful aging was 3.74 times higher in subjects with good oral health awareness than in subjects with poor oral health awareness (OR=3.74, CI: 1.99–7.03)
This study will provide evidence to support the idea that improving oral health awareness is important for successful aging.
Aging, middle-age, oral health awareness, successful aging, women
