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牙医对老年健康和营养的知识,态度和实践:一个全印度横截面基于问卷的研究
B T Pradeep Raja1, P S Manoharan2, E Rajkumar3
1Care and Smile Dental & Implant Centre, Pollachi, Coimbatore, India.
Journal of oral biology and craniofacial research
|December 1, 2025
概括
印度牙医对老年人营养有很高的认识,但日常实践有限. 教育改革和培训对于弥合这一差距和改善老年人的口腔健康至关重要.
科学领域:
- 老年人牙科 老年人牙科
- 公共卫生 营养 公共卫生 营养
- 牙科教育 牙科教育
背景情况:
- 印度人口老龄化带来了重大的口腔健康和营养挑战.
- 假牙护理可以改善老年人的饮食摄入量,但牙医从业人员对老年人营养的整合尚不清楚.
- 关于印度牙医如何解决老年口腔健康和营养需求的数据有限.
研究的目的:
- 评估印度牙医在老年人健康和营养方面的知识,态度和实践 (KAP).
- 识别当前实践和教育中的差距,以告知干预措施.
- 为改善印度老年牙科护理提供证据.
主要方法:
- 在印度21个州的462名牙医中进行了横截面调查.
- 一个经过验证的28项调查问卷评估了与老年人营养相关的KAP.
- 用描述性统计,ANOVA和Post Hoc测试来分析数据.
主要成果:
- 大多数从业者认识到饮食咨询的重要性 (97.8%) 并支持将其纳入课程 (98.1%).
- 然而,只有52%的人定期评估营养,63%的人提供饮食咨询.
- 显著的大多数 (70%) 报告说,在牙科教育期间,老年人营养方面的培训不足.
结论:
- 牙医从业人员的知识/态度与他们关于印度老年人营养的常规实践之间存在着巨大的差距.
- 对老年人营养的积极态度普遍存在,但实施有限.
- 迫切需要结构化的课程改革,持续教育和临床干预模式,以加强老年人口腔和全身健康.
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