Effect of Professional Oral Healthcare Program on the Oral Status of Elderly Residents in Long-Term Care Facilities

Lee, Keun-Yoo; Lim, Soon-Ryun

doi:10.17135/jdhs.2016.16.6.432

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“…In particular, the fact that most of the single-person household members with activity limitations are elderly people aged 60 or over should be taken into account. When a professional oral hygiene program was implemented for elderly residents in long-term care facilities, the program had the effect of reducing the dental plaque index, halitosis, and tongue coatings, while increasing saliva flow 27) . Moreover, health insurance coverage should be expanded to ensure equity in dental services for singleperson household with a low-income level, while the reason for these same households having a high smoking rate should be analyzed from multiple perspectives;…”

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Factors Associated with Unmet Dental Needs among Single-Person Households in Korea

Kim

2019

J Dent Hyg Sci

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Background: The purpose of this study is to provide the data for discussions related to oral health promotion policies for single-person households by analyzing the status of unmet dental needs and related factors in single-person households in Korea, based on the Anderson model. Methods: The data, obtained from 544 single-person households of those over 20 years old who were targeted for the 6th Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, were analyzed through a complex sample frequency analysis, complex sample cross analysis (Rao-Scott chi-square test), and complex sample binary logistic regression analysis on a complex sampling design. Results: The most frequently given reason for an unmet dental need among single-person households was economic (52.4%). Factors related to the unmet dental needs of single-person households are smoking, which is a predisposing factor; personal income levels, which are an enabling factor; chewing discomfort; and limited daily activities, which are need factors. Smokers, the high-income group, the chewing-discomfort group, and the limited activity group showed high unmet dental care experience. Smokers had a 2.75 times higher rate of unmet dental care than non-smokers, and the high-income group had a 5.29 times higher rate of unmet dental needs than the median group. The rate of unmet dental needs for the chewing discomfort group was 3.27 times higher than the non-chewing discomfort group, and the limited activity group had a 7.87 times higher rate of unmet dental needs than the non-limited activity group. Conclusion: It is necessary to map out policies designed to help maintain and promote met dental needs considered to be internally heterogeneous to single-person householders, based on the Anderson model.

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Factors Associated with Unmet Dental Needs among Single-Person Households in Korea

Kim

2019

J Dent Hyg Sci

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“…These procedures were carried out based on a study that also targeted older adults in long-term care facilities. The researchers used convenience sampling to recruit people who were admitted to different facilities, as this process helps to minimize the spread of the effects of the experiment in long-term care facilities that have older adults with similar characteristics [28].…”

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Effect of Case-Based Small-Group Learning on Care Workers’ Emergency Coping Abilities

Kim

2021

IJERPH

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This study aimed to develop and implement an emergency coping education program using a case-based small-group learning method and verify its effect on care workers’ emergency coping abilities. The study was conducted with 72 care workers in older adult care facilities and home care centers. Using a nonequivalent control group pretest–posttest design, 36 participants were assigned to each group (i.e., experimental and control groups). The collected data were analyzed through χ²-test and independent t-test using SPSS for Windows, version 25.0. Compared to the control group, a statistically significant increase in knowledge and performance levels in emergencies, emergency coping abilities, self-efficacy in coping with emergencies, and confidence in communication was observed in the experimental group. This study was able to verify the effectiveness of the emergency coping education program in care workers and recommends its use. To maximize the learning effects of educational programs, future research should develop and apply programs that incorporate simulation education.

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“…As a result, the demand for the visiting oral care program of the CICP has increased amongst the elderly [ 10 ]. However, currently, there are only a few oral health care programs available, while a certain number of existing programs are available to the elderly at care hospitals [ 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 ]. A recent study showed that oral massage and oral exercises performed on the elderly in care hospitals increased the salivary flow rate, thereby reducing oral dryness and enhancing the swallowing-related quality of life (SWAL-QoL) [ 13 , 14 ].…”

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Effect of Oral Health Education Using a Mobile App (OHEMA) on the Oral Health and Swallowing-Related Quality of Life in Community-Based Integrated Care of the Elderly: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Cho

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IJERPH

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This study investigated the effect of oral health education using a mobile app (OHEMA) on the oral health and swallowing-related quality of life (SWAL-QoL) of the elderly population in a community-based integrated care project (CICP). Forty elderly individuals in the CICP were randomized into intervention and control groups. OHEMA provided information on customized oral health care management, oral exercises, and intraoral and extraoral massage methods for 50 min/session, once a week, for 6 weeks. Pre- and post-intervention surveys assessed the unstimulated salivary flow rate, subjective oral dryness, tongue pressure, and SWAL-QoL, which were analyzed using ANCOVA and repeated measures ANOVA. In the intervention group, tongue pressure increased significantly from pre- (17.75) to post-intervention (27.24) (p < 0.001), and subjective oral dryness decreased from pre- (30.75) to post-intervention (18.50). The unstimulated salivary flow rate had a higher mean score in the intervention group (7.19) than in the control group (5.04) (p < 0.001). The SWAL-QoL significantly improved from pre- (152.10) to post-intervention (171.50) in the intervention group (p < 0.001) but did not change significantly in the control group (p > 0.05). OHEMA appears to be a useful tool for oral health education for the elderly as it improved the SWAL-QoL, with increased tongue pressure and reduced oral dryness.

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Effect of Professional Oral Healthcare Program on the Oral Status of Elderly Residents in Long-Term Care Facilities

Cited by 9 publications

References 13 publications

Factors Associated with Unmet Dental Needs among Single-Person Households in Korea

Factors Associated with Unmet Dental Needs among Single-Person Households in Korea

Effect of Case-Based Small-Group Learning on Care Workers’ Emergency Coping Abilities

Effect of Oral Health Education Using a Mobile App (OHEMA) on the Oral Health and Swallowing-Related Quality of Life in Community-Based Integrated Care of the Elderly: A Randomized Clinical Trial

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