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KMID : 0892720140180010075
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Journal of the Korean Society of Maternal and Child Health
2014 Volume.18 No. 1 p.75 ~ p.85
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Oral Health Care of before and after Hospitalized Children with Community Acquired Pneumonia
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Park Hae-Jin
Park Hyoung-Sook
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was conducted to compare and analyze changes in oral health care between pre-admission and admission hospitalized children who had community acquired pneumonia (CAP).
Methods: The data were obtained from 273 hospitalized children with CAP through questionnaires from June to December 2011. The data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, percentage, mean, standard deviation, McNemar’s test and t/F test was done using PASW 18K.
Results: The results of this study showed on admission hospitalized children that decreased to number of tooth brush (X2=197.72, p<.001) and time of tooth brush (X2=77.82, p<.001). They were, however, increased number of snacks (X2=99.85, p<.001) and drinks (X2=33.72, p<.001) as well as change in method of horizontal brushing (X2=36.18, p<0.01) than pre-admission hospitalization. The shorter the number of readmissions of Community acquired pneumonia (CAP) was practicing good of oral health care.
Conclusion: Nursing intervention is needed to monitor oral health care such as regular and right method of tooth brush and proper control of the snacks and drinks for helping to illness recovery and minimize re-admission for hospitalized children with had CAP.
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KEYWORD
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community acquired infections, bacterial pneumonia, children, Oral health
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