Korean J Health Promot KJHP Korean Journal of Health Promotion 2234-2141 2093-5676 Korean Society for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention 10.15384/kjhp.2019.19.4.229 Original Article Relationship among Oral Hygiene Management, Halitosis, Interpersonal Relationships and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Community-Dwelling Elderly https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8523-0395 Chae Young Ran 1 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4281-9968 Kang So Yean 2 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0785-1962 Nam Eun Sook 1 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5597-6962 Hyun Hye Jin 1 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9008-6295 Park Su Youn 1 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6384-7386 Lee Sun Hee 1 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8046-999X Lee Ju Young 3 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3732-8304 Kim Doo Myung 1 Department of Nursing, College of Nursing, Kangwon National University, Chunchoen, Korea. Department of Nursing, Daewon University College, Jechoen, Korea. Department of Nursing, Hallym Polytechnic University, Chunchoen, Korea. Corresponding author: So Yean Kang, PhD. Department of Nursing, Daewon University College, 316 Daehak-ro, Jecheon 27135, Korea. Tel: +82-43-649-3640, Fax: +82-43-649-3676, seizy@daewon.ac.kr 12 2019 31 12 2019 19 4 229 236 28 11 2019 26 12 2019 30 12 2019 Copyright © 2019 Korean Society for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention 2019 Korean Society for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Background

The purpose of this study was to determine the degree of oral care, perceived halitosis, halitosis, interpersonal relationships and oral health-related quality of life and to examine the relationships among these variables.

 Methods

The participants were 94 elderly people. The questionnaire included questions on oral care, perceived halitosis, interpersonal relationships, and oral health-related quality of life. Halitosis was measured using odor breath tester.

 Results

A total of 63.8% of the elderly did not receive regular oral care. The halitosis score was 1.59, thus indicating moderate halitosis. The current perceived halitosis figure was 1.54, participants responded that they feel slight. There was no significant correlation between halitosis and perceived halitosis. Furthermore, there was no significant difference in halitosis and perceived halitosis according to the oral care. Perceived halitosis was negatively correlated with oral health-related quality of life. Interpersonal relationships were correlated with oral health-related quality of life.

 Conclusions

It is necessary to actively promote the need for oral care among the elderly. Moreover, older people need regular oral care to prevent halitosis and improve their oral health-related quality of life.

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Values are presented as number (%).

 Oral care, halitosis, perceived halitosis, interpersonal relationships, and oral health-related quality of life of the participants

Values are presented as mean±standard deviation (range) or number (%).

 Comparisons between halitosis, perceived halitosis, interpersonal relationships and oral health-related quality of life according to oral care (n=94)

Values are presented as mean±standard deviation. Calculated using t-test or analysis of variance and Scheffe test.

 Correlations between halitosis, perceived halitosis, interpersonal relationships, and oral health-related quality of life (n=94)

Values are presented as Pearson's correlation coefficient (P-value).