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KMID : 1020220100100040727
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Journal of Korean Society of Dental Hygiene
2010 Volume.10 No. 4 p.727 ~ p.734
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Oral health care of the elderly in long-term care facilities in Korea
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Jung Youn-Mi
Kim So-Myeong
Lee Hyo-Jin
Cho Yeon-Hee
Lee Sun-Gu
Kim Nam-Hee
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Abstract
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Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the oral health care of the elderly in long-term care facility on caregivers’ behaviors.
Methods: Cross-sectional study in a cluster sample of 171 caregivers recruited from 17 facilities located in the Province of Gangwon. The Questionnaire was consisted of 16 items contained oral hygiene care, denture care, oral health education and general characteristics(Chronba’s α=0.87). Using SPSS WIN 12.0, descriptive statistics and chi-square test were conducted to examine the subjects general characteristics, the status of oral health education and denture care.
Results: 1. The mean age of care givers was 42 years and 88.9% education experience rate was found. 2. Above 70% of them was found in daily oral hygiene care after every meal. They used toothbrush and toothpaste, they keep the toothbrush properly. 3. The denture care was conducted by most of care givers, containing proper storage. But three of ten care givers was cleaned denture by toothpaste or used water only. It was severe at the care givers didn’t received oral health education(p<0.05).
Conclusions: The contents of oral health education for care givers should contain the denture care(time and the reason shouldn’t use toothpaste). Further large-scale longitudinal studies are needed to determine professional oral health care and to develop evidence of the dental hygiene practice for the elderly in long-term care facilities.
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KEYWORD
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care giver, denture care, long-term care facilities, oral hygiene care
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