Activities of daily living and oral hygiene status of older Korean patients in a long-term care facility
| Autor: | Seo Hy, Jeon Je, Chung Wg, Nam Hee Kim |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Gerontology Activities of daily living Oral Hygiene Index media_common.quotation_subject Statistics as Topic Oral hygiene Disability Evaluation 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Tongue Hygiene Activities of Daily Living Republic of Korea Homes for the Aged Humans Medicine Dentistry (miscellaneous) 030212 general & internal medicine Aged media_common Aged 80 and over business.industry Oral hygiene status 030206 dentistry Nursing Homes Long-term care medicine.anatomical_structure Female Tongue coating business |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Dental Hygiene. 15:154-160 |
| ISSN: | 1601-5029 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/idh.12194 |
| Popis: | Objectives This study investigated the relationship between oral hygiene conditions, activities of daily living (ADL) and cognitive ability in older Korean patients in long-term care facilities. Methods Ninety older persons (65+) were randomly sampled from a possible 112 residents in a single facility. They participated in a 2-month-long survey. The Korean Modified Barthel Index was used to measure the ADL, and cognitive ability was measured using the Mini-Mental State Examination, Korean version. Oral hygiene status was measured using the Simplified Oral Hygiene Index and the Tongue Coating Index (TCI). Results Older participants with complete dependence manifested significantly poorer oral hygiene (P < 0.05). Scores on the TCI were significantly higher in participants who were dentulous with partial dependence (P < 0.05). A multiple regression analysis showed that dependence and being dentulous significantly predicted poorer oral hygiene (P < 0.05). Conclusions This study suggests that older participants with complete dependence had poor oral hygiene on tooth surfaces, while participants with partial dependence had poor tongue hygiene. In addition, dentulous older participants had poorer tongue hygiene than edentulous ones. This indicates the need to assess tooth status and provide oral care services via ADL in long-term care facilities. |
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