Mattoo Khurshid A, Shalabh Kumar, Khan Aamir
Department of Prosthodontics, Subharti Dental College, Subharti University, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
J Forensic Dent Sci. 2010 Jul;2(2):81-5. doi: 10.4103/0975-1475.81287.
To identify existence of elder abuse among the patients seeking prosthetic rehabilitation of missing teeth.
This study was conducted on 300 patients aged 65 years and above. It included 238 males and 62 females. A questionnaire prepared by a psychologist was used to evaluate the patient in various aspects of neglect.
The results revealed that 40% of the total subjects that were studied were suffering from neglect in one way or the other.
The results conclude that elder negligence was highly prevalent in elder patients who report to the dental office seeking oral prosthetic rehabilitation.
确定寻求牙齿缺失修复康复的患者中存在虐待老年人的情况。
本研究针对300名65岁及以上的患者开展。其中包括238名男性和62名女性。使用心理学家编制的问卷从各个忽视方面对患者进行评估。
结果显示,在所有研究对象中,40%的人在某些方面遭受忽视。
结果表明,在前往牙科诊所寻求口腔修复康复的老年患者中,老年人受忽视的情况非常普遍。