|
KMID : 1104420180290030382
|
|
Research in Community and Public Health Nursing
2018 Volume.29 No. 3 p.382 ~ p.392
|
|
|
Effects of an Oral Self-care Program on the Elderly’s Xerostomia and Oral Health-related Quality of Life
|
|
Kim Ji-Hyun
Kim Hye-Young
|
|
|
Abstract
|
|
|
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate effects of an oral self-care program on oral dryness and oral health related quality of life in the elderly.
Methods: The current research design isa nonequivalent control group protest- posttest design with two groups of elders from two different senior centers in D city. Tools for the research include paper of salivary absorption (WF41-1850, Whatman, Germany), 6 items for subjective oral dryness and OHIP-14 for oral health related to quality of life. The data were analyzed to test three hypotheses by using the SPSS 22.0 program.
Results: The three hypotheses were significantly accepted. The subjective oral dryness score was lower in the experimental group than in the control group (t=-2.45, p=.022). Salivary absorption was higher in the experimental group than in the control group (t=3.83, p<.001).Oral health related quality of life was better in the experimental group than in the control group (t=-2.11, p=.044).
Conclusion: The oral self-care program has appeared to be effective on oral dryness and an oral health related quality of life in the elderly. Therefore, it can be suggested that the oral self-care program is applicable as an intervention program motivating the elderly to maintain oral health.
|
|
|
KEYWORD
|
|
|
Aged, Quality of life, , Self care, Mouth, Health
|
|
|
FullTexts / Linksout information
|
|
|
|
|
|
Listed journal information
|
|
 
|