The purpose of this study is to determine the mental health and quality of life of one-person households according to eating-swallowing disorders, and to identify factors affecting the quality of life. Using data from the 2017 Korea Medical Panel Surv...
The purpose of this study is to determine the mental health and quality of life of one-person households according to eating-swallowing disorders, and to identify factors affecting the quality of life. Using data from the 2017 Korea Medical Panel Survey, 402 one-person households between the ages of 19 and 64 were targeted. The data were analyzed using SPSS WIN(ver 19.0) program, and t-test, chi-square test and hierarchical multiple regression analysis were conducted. The restriction on the use of dental clinics was 34.8% in the eating-swallowing disorder group and 7.6% in the normal eating-swallowing group, and the main reason was economic condition. The eating-swallowing disorder group had poor mental health, depression, suicidal thoughts, and psychiatric drug use. The normal eating-swallowing group had higher mental health and quality of life than the eating-swallowing disorder group, excluding job stress. Factors affecting the quality of life of one-person households were gender, marital status, medical insurance type, economic activity, drinking status, subjective health status, average sleep time, eating-swallowing disorders, restrictions on dental use, mental health and predictive power was 38.3%(p<0.05). Therefore, it is necessary to form an organic relationship between mental health and physical health program that including oral health, socio-economic program for one-person households' quality of life.