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Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults
Published on: February 2, 2020
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ノルウェーに住む高齢移民の口腔健康に関する自己報告:横断的な研究
Wegdan Hasha1,2, Stein Atle Lie3, Anne N Åstrøm1,3
1Oral Health Center of Expertise in Western Norway, P.O. Box 5867 Bergen, Norway.
まとめ
ノルウェーの高齢移民は 口腔の健康状態が悪く,不健康な習慣を持っていると報告しています. この集団の口腔衛生と食事の改善と 歯の脱落を減らすために 標的を絞った介入が必要なのです
科学分野:
- 公衆衛生
- ゲロントロジー
- 口腔衛生研究
背景:
- 移民はノルウェーの人口の大部分を占め,高齢者 (50歳以上) の割合も顕著です.
- この集団の口腔健康状態と行動の評価は 公共衛生の取り組みにとって極めて重要です
研究 の 目的:
- ノルウェーの高齢移民 (50歳以上) の口腔健康に関する行動と口腔健康の認識を評価する.
- この集団における口腔健康の結果に関連する社会人口学的要因を特定する.
主な方法:
- 174人の高齢移民 (94%の回答率) を対象とした横断的な研究.
- ソーシャル・デモグラフィックス,口腔衛生,食事,スヌス使用,キセロストミア,口臭に関する自己報告のアンケートで収集したデータ
- 統計的有意性はp値<0.05によって決定される.
主要な成果:
- 60%は口腔の健康状態が悪いと自己認識し,64%以上は歯が欠けていると報告した.
- 口腔衛生の不良 (35.1%),頻繁に砂糖を摂取する (51.1%),喫煙 (16.1%) の高い割合.
- 高齢化,狭いソーシャルネットワーク,未婚,近年の移民は 歯の欠損を含む 口腔の健康状態の悪化と関連しています
結論:
- ノルウェーの高齢移民は 口腔の健康状態が悪く,歯がかなり失われ,生活習慣が悪くなっています.
- これらの発見は,この集団における口腔衛生の格差に対処するために, 適切な公衆衛生の介入が緊急に必要であることを強調しています.
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