Survey on the oral health status of community‐dwelling older people with visual impairment
| Autor: | Junichi Furuya, Chiaki Matsubara, Junji Tokunaga, Keiko Endo, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Rena Hidaka, Michiyo Obana |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Gerontology
Health Status media_common.quotation_subject Visual impairment Vision Low Oral Health Oral health Literacy 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Japan Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine General Dentistry Aged media_common Aged 80 and over business.industry 030206 dentistry Dental care Low vision stomatognathic diseases Dental clinic Independent Living medicine.symptom Older people business Welfare |
| Zdroj: | Special Care in Dentistry. 40:192-197 |
| ISSN: | 1754-4505 0275-1879 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/scd.12446 |
| Popis: | AIMS Little is known about the impact of low vision (LV) on dental care in the elderly population. The present study aimed to clarify the oral health status and oral health behavior of older people with LV. METHODS AND RESULTS We surveyed community-dwelling older people (age ≥ 65 years, non-LV = 35, LV = 23); and collected data on sex, age, systemic diseases, oral health status, and oral health behavior. Although there was no difference in dental clinic visits within one year, the LV group received significantly lesser oral health instructions by dental hygienists and dentists than the non-LV (60.9% vs 85.7%, P < 0.05) group. Additionally, the LV group was more than twice as aware of the "8020 Campaign," written by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in Japan than the non-LV group. The non-LV group had higher awareness of thickening agents and denture cleaners, both of which may require visual input. Although we had assumed that LV would lead to poor results for the oral health status, there were no demonstrable differences between both groups. CONCLUSION Older individuals with LV require suitable forms of nonvisual communication to receive oral health instruction and literacy. |
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