사회경제적 수준에 따른 주관적 구강건강 수준의 차이

Abstract

How to eliminate health disparity to ensure health equity is one of major issues that are handled across the world. The purpose of this study wasto examine any possible differences in self-rated oral health state according to socioeconomic status and the relationship between the two basedon the data of the 5th National Health & Nutrition Examination Survey of 2010∼2012. As for differences in self-rated oral health state accordingto sociodemographic characteristics, the women considered themselves to be in poorer oral health than the men. The older respondents foundthemselves to be in poorer oral health, and there was a tendency that the respondents who were less educated and whose household income wassmaller rated their own health as worse. When a logistic regression analysis was made to determine influential factors for self-rated oral health status,the women perceived they were in better oral health than the men did, and the better-educated respondents were more likely to considerthemselves healthier. Concerning disparities in self-rated health state according to income level, there were broader differences in that regardaccording to an increase of income. The findings of the study illustrated that there was oral health inequity according to social stratum. It's requiredto make a nationwide effort to promote national oral health, and appropriate support should especially be provided for disadvantaged people atthe same time in order to get rid of the gap in oral health among different social classes, as there is a yawning gap between them and the other classes.