Ildarabadi Es-Hagh, Armat Mohammad Reza, Motamedosanaye Vahideh, Ghanei Farzaneh
Department of Gerontological Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran.
Department of Nursing, Esfarayen Faculty of Medical Sciences, Esfarayen, Iran.
Mater Sociomed. 2017 Dec;29(4):263-267. doi: 10.5455/msm.2017.29.263-267.
Oral health of elderly people plays a major role in their overall health and quality of life, and is an integral part of personal care.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of implementing the oral health care program (OHCP) on oral health status of elderly people resident in nursing homes.
This quasi-experimental study was carried out using a pretest-posttest design on 101 elderly people (46 in the intervention group and 55 in the control group) resident in two randomly selected nursing homes in Mashhad, Iran. In the intervention group, the OHCP was carried out by caregivers for 8 weeks. The control group received routine care. Using the oral health assessment tool, the oral health status of elderly people was assessed in both groups at three times; onset of the study, 4th, and 8th week after the start of the study.
The oral health status of the elderly people in both groups was not statistically significantly different at baseline, but it changed significantly at the 4, and 8 weeks (p<.001).
The implementation of the OHCP for elderly people resident in nursing homes may improve their oral health status after 4 weeks. It is recommended that OHCP be included in care plans of all nursing homes to improve the elderly people's oral health status.
老年人的口腔健康在其整体健康和生活质量中起着重要作用，是个人护理的一个组成部分。
本研究的目的是评估实施口腔保健计划（OHCP）对养老院老年人口腔健康状况的影响。
本准实验研究采用前后测设计，对伊朗马什哈德随机选取的两家养老院的101名老年人（干预组46名，对照组55名）进行研究。在干预组中，护理人员实施OHCP，为期8周。对照组接受常规护理。使用口腔健康评估工具，在研究开始时、研究开始后第4周和第8周对两组老年人的口腔健康状况进行三次评估。
两组老年人的口腔健康状况在基线时无统计学显著差异，但在第4周和第8周时发生了显著变化（p<0.001）。
对养老院老年人实施OHCP可能在4周后改善他们的口腔健康状况。建议将OHCP纳入所有养老院的护理计划，以改善老年人的口腔健康状况。
