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Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults
Published on: February 2, 2020
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预测口腔疾病在照顾依赖老年人的预测
Christina Andersen1, Astrid Pernille Jespersen2, Kim Ekstrand3
1Department of Odontology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Nørre Allé 20, Copenhagen, 2200, Denmark. christina.andersen@sund.ku.dk.
BMC oral health
|January 11, 2025
概括
面临口腔疾病和不良卫生风险的老年人可以通过对牙科访问和口腔健康问题的简单问题被非牙科人员识别出来. 定期的牙科护理对于保持口腔健康至关重要.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 牙科公共卫生 牙科公共卫生
- 口腔医学是指口腔医学.
背景情况:
- 许多依赖的老年人需要帮助日常个人护理,包括口腔卫生.
- 养老院和老年护理人员在识别面临口腔疾病风险的人员方面面临着挑战.
- 这项研究旨在确定非牙科人员可以检测到的口腔疾病和口腔卫生不良的风险因素.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定口腔疾病和不良口腔卫生的危险因素,在照顾依赖的老年人.
- 为非牙科护理人员提供工具,以识别有风险的老年人.
- 为改善机构和家庭护理老年人群的口腔健康提供信息.
主要方法:
- 这是一项涉及217名丹麦照顾的老年人的横截面研究.
- 标准化口腔检查评估了,牙周炎,牙炎,斑块和结石.
- 调查问卷收集了有关背景,健康状况,社会支持,口腔行为和自我报告的口腔健康的数据.
主要成果:
- 超过一半 (54.5%) 的老年人患有口腔疾病,14.8%的口腔卫生状况不佳.
- 不定期去看牙医与口腔疾病 (OR 2.87) 和卫生状况差 (OR 4.50) 有很强的相关性.
- 口腔疾病影响生活质量,影响饮食和微笑;心理药物使用与卫生不良有关.
结论:
- 非牙科护理人员可以使用有关牙科护理使用和口腔健康问题的问题来识别有风险的老年人.
- 简单的对话工具可以帮助早期发现口腔健康问题.
- 这种方法支持老年人群的积极口腔健康管理.
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