The study of Oral Condition in Haiduan and Green Island Villagers, Taitung County / 臺東縣海端鄉、綠島鄉居民口腔衛生狀況相關之研究

碩士 / 高雄醫學大學 / 口腔衛生科學研究所 / 88 / The aboriginal and remote areas are poor in medical and dental care resources. There have been a serious oral health problem. The purpose of this research is to realize the oral condition, need of dental care, oral health knowledge and attitude in Haiduan and Green Island villagers, Taitung county. Totally choose 520 people in this research by Pathfinder Survey Method (Stratified sampling design) of oral Health Surveys 4th (1997 WHO).
Mean deft and caries prevalance rate were 5.5 (86.7%) at 3-year-old, 7.3 (93.9%) at 5-year-old, 8.2 (87.9%) at 7-year-old in Haiduan, 4.0(76.2%) at 3-year-old, 6.2 (83.3%) at 5-year-old, 8.6 (96.7%) at 7-year-old in Green Island. Mean DMFT and caries prevalance rate were 3.9(94.9%) at 12-year-old,5.6 (95.0%) at 15-year-old in Haiduan, 4.2(90.0%) at 12-year-old, 5.7 (79.2%) at 15-year-old in Green Island. Filling rate is very low. The calculus of community peridontal index(CPI) is 61.9%(female), 75.0% (male) at 35-44-year-olds in Haiduan, 54.8% (female), 74.4% (male) at 35-44- year-olds in Green Island. For those who chewing betel quid currently, 16.7% (Haiduan), 34.4% (Green Island) had betel chewer''s mucosa. Prosthetic need is higher (21.4% female) at 15-year- old in Green Island.
The caries was influenced by age, oral cleaning habits, frequency of sweets intake, genders, education levels, oral hygiene knowledge, oral hygiene attitudes and oral hygiene behaviors and so on.
There are 30 aboriginal townships and 8 islands in the Taiwan. These areas are relatively poor in medical and dental care resources and inadequate in communication. People often depend on the limited medical and dental care services offered by the local health stations. There are many demands and needs on oral health care services for the aborigines and remote area. The aims of this research to realize the oral status, another some implications are suggested for oral health services policy and research.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:TW/088KMC00013003
Date January 2000
Creators郭振益
ContributorsYi-Hsin Yang, 謝天渝
Source SetsNational Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan
Languagezh-TW
Detected LanguageEnglish
Type學位論文 ; thesis
Format135

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