Kwang Hee Kim|Yun?Sook Jung|Tae Yoon Hwang|Chang Yoon Kim
The influence of functional oral health literacy on perceived oral health status in Korean adults
Yeungnam University|Kyungpook National University|Yeungnam University|Yeungnam University
objectives study conducted analyze effect oral health literacy adults perceived oral health state identify factors affect perceived oral health status methods selfadministered questionnaire survey distributed 554 adults lived daegu gyeongbuk areas visited dental institutions located daegu area adults 60 years old older direct interviews conducted statistical analysis performed ttests analysis variance multiple regression using spss results oral health literacy perceived oral health status significant positive correlation revealed r0142 p001 significant positive correlation revealed oral health literacy knowledge r0397 p001 significant weakly positive correlation revealed oral health knowledge perceived oral health status r0086 p005 identify factors affecting perceived oral health status multiple regression analysis conducted result showed oral health literacy statistically significant factor 0105 p005 among general characteristics age statistically significant negatively affecting factor showed negative relationship perceived oral health status 0140 p0001 adjusted r20049 conclusions study results taken consideration oral health literacy factor affecting perceived oral health status oral health literacy research targets taken consideration implementing oral health education promote oral health