The Mediating Effect of Perceived Oral Symptoms on the Relationship between Oral Health Beliefs and Oral Health-related Quality of Life of Hotel Workers

February 28, 2023  |  Vol.9, No.2  |  PP. 225-236  | PDF

AUTHORS:

Min-Hee Hong, Dept. of Dental Hygiene, Division of Health Science, Baekseok University, Korea

Jung-Min Lee, Korea Foundation of Industrial Health Care and Welfare, Korea

KEYWORDS:

Oral Health, Oral Health Beliefs, Oral Health-Related Quality of Life, Oral Symptoms, Hotel Workers, Quality of Life

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the mediating effect of perceived oral symptoms in the relationship between service workers' oral health beliefs and oral health-related quality of life. The research survey was conducted among hotel workers in the metropolitan area from November 10, 2021 to January 31, 2022. A self-administered questionnaire was conducted, and the research data were analyzed using IBM SPSS statistics 22.0 Version. The research results are as follows. 1. Health level, oral health education experience, and tooth loss were statistically significant from oral health beliefs, perceived oral symptoms, and oral health quality of life (p <.05). Age, employment, education level, type of work, income, and drinking were statistically significant from oral symptoms (p <.05). 2. Oral health quality of life was measured by sensitivity (r=.44), severity (r=.31), benefit (r=.10), disorder (r=.33), self-efficacy (r=.18), oral health beliefs (r=.41), and perceived oral symptoms (r=.66) and showed a positive correlation (p <.05). 3. As a result of the mediating effect of oral symptoms in the relationship between oral health beliefs and oral health quality of life, partial mediating effects were shown. When various oral symptoms increase in the oral cavity, the mediating effect of increasing the oral health quality of life more negatively was verified. Considering the above results, regular workplace oral health education will need to be expanded so that hotel workers can recognize the importance of perceived oral symptoms in order to improve their oral health quality of life.

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Citations:

APA:
Hong, M. H., Lee, J. M. (2023). The Mediating Effect of Perceived Oral Symptoms on the Relationship between Oral Health Beliefs and Oral Health-related Quality of Life of Hotel Workers. Asia-pacific Journal of Convergent Research Interchange (APJCRI), ISSN: 2508-9080 (Print); 2671-5325 (Online), KCTRS, 9(2), 225-236. doi: 10.47116/apjcri.2023.02.18

MLA:
Hong, Min-Hee,, “The Mediating Effect of Perceived Oral Symptoms on the Relationship between Oral Health Beliefs and Oral Health-related Quality of Life of Hotel Workers.” Asia-pacific Journal of Convergent Research Interchange, ISSN: 2508-9080 (Print); 2671-5325 (Online), KCTRS, vol. 9, no. 2, 2023, pp. 225-236. APJCRI, http://fucos.or.kr/journal/APJCRI/Articles/v9n2/18.html.

IEEE:
[1] M. H. Hong, J. M. Lee, “The Mediating Effect of Perceived Oral Symptoms on the Relationship between Oral Health Beliefs and Oral Health-related Quality of Life of Hotel Workers.” Asia-pacific Journal of Convergent Research Interchange (APJCRI), ISSN: 2508-9080 (Print); 2671-5325 (Online), KCTRS, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 225-236, February 2023.

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