云南省老年人口腔卫生健康行为现状及影响因素分析

The Epidemic Situation and Influence Factors of the Oral Health Behavior among the Elderly People in Yunnan Province

目的:调查云南省60岁及以上老年人口腔卫生健康行为现状及影响因素,为制定老年人口腔卫生保健政策提供科学依据。方法:采用多阶段分层随机整群抽样的方法,随机抽取云南省16个州(市)479名60岁及以上常住人口进行问卷调查。结果:云南省老年人口腔卫生健康行为的发生率仅为1.46%,城市发生率高于农村,经济发展水平高的地区优于经济水平低的地区,脑力劳动者高于体力劳动者。城市和经济发展水平高地区是口腔卫生健康行为的保护因素。结论:云南省老年人对口腔卫生健康缺乏重视,对口腔健康卫生知识了解较少。应加强口腔卫生健康宣传教育,尤其是在农村地区和经济欠发达地区,以提高老年人口腔保健意识。

Objective ： To study the epidemic status and influence factors for the oral health behavior among the elderly people in Yunnan in 2010 and to provide the reference for making the policies and strategies concerning the elderly oral health. Methods： Totally 503 people whose age ≥60 years old from 16 counties in Yunnan province were selected in this survey in 2010 with the multistage stratified proportion random sampling, and the epidemic characteristics and influence factors of oral health behavior among the elderly were analyzed. Results： The prevalence rate of oral health behavior in the elderly of Yunnan was 1.46%. The elderly＇s prevalence rate of oral health behavior in the urban were higher than that in the rural. The areas with advanced economy had higher prevalence rate than the backward areas. The headworkers＇were higher than the manual workers： The urban and the areas with advanced economy were the protective factors. Conclusion： The elderly pay less attention to the oral health behavior and lack the knowledge of the oral health in Yunnan. Yunnan should enhance the oral health education, especially in rural and backward economic areas, in order to improve the awareness of oral health in the elderly, thereby improving and enhancing the elderly＇s health wellbeing and the quality of health life.