Forsell Marianne, Sjögren Petteri, Johansson Olle
Oral Care AB, Stockholm, Sweden.
Open Dent J. 2009 Dec 30;3:241-4. doi: 10.2174/1874210600903010241.
The aim was to evaluate the need of assistance with daily oral hygiene measures among nursing home resident elderly versus the actual assistance received from the staff. The need of daily oral hygiene assistance was assessed descriptively for nursing home resident elderly who participated in an annual oral health screening in three geographical regions in Sweden, in the year 2008. All individuals of age >/= 65 years were included (n = 22,453; 6,327 men; 16,126 women). The proportion of individuals in need of assistance with daily oral hygiene measures was 77.5 % (n=22,453), whereas the proportion of individuals receiving assistance with daily oral hygiene measures was 6.9 % in total (n=22,453). The proportions were largely similar in all geographical regions. There seems to be a large discrepancy between the need of assistance with daily oral hygiene measures, and the oral hygiene assistance received, among nursing home resident elderly.
目的是评估养老院老年居民日常口腔卫生措施的协助需求与工作人员实际提供的协助情况。对2008年在瑞典三个地理区域参加年度口腔健康筛查的养老院老年居民的日常口腔卫生协助需求进行了描述性评估。纳入了所有年龄≥65岁的个体(n = 22453;男性6327人;女性16126人)。需要日常口腔卫生措施协助的个体比例为77.5%(n = 22453),而实际接受日常口腔卫生措施协助的个体比例总计为6.9%(n = 22453)。所有地理区域的比例大致相似。在养老院老年居民中,日常口腔卫生措施的协助需求与实际获得的口腔卫生协助之间似乎存在很大差异。