Aggarwal Tanvi, Goswami Mridula, Dhillon Jatinder Kaur
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, University of Delhi, Delhi.
Spec Care Dentist. 2019 Mar;39(2):140-146. doi: 10.1111/scd.12354. Epub 2019 Jan 16.
The present study was conducted with the aim to assess the effectiveness of Oral Health Education programme on Oral Health Status of visually impaired children in New Delhi. A specially designed oral health educational programme consisting of audio aid, Braille booklet and individualized training was implemented to educate and motivate visually impaired children for maintaining their oral health.
A total sample size of 120 children in the age group of 5-15 years was selected and questionnaire based on WHO criteria 2013 was administrated. In oral examination caries status using DMFT/S and dmft/s and oral hygiene status using plaque index given by Sillness and Loe was evaluated at the baseline and re-evaluated after nine months. Oral Health Educational Programme was implemented and reinforced every month for nine months. Results showed that at the end of nine months 55.04% children started brushing twice daily as compared to 30% children at baseline. There was a statiscally significant decrease (0.1887±0.332) in plaque index scores at the end of nine months.
It was concluded that Oral Health Educational Programme was effective in improving the oral hygiene status among visually impaired children.
本研究旨在评估口腔健康教育项目对新德里视障儿童口腔健康状况的有效性。实施了一项专门设计的口腔健康教育项目，该项目包括音频辅助、盲文手册和个性化培训，以教育和激励视障儿童保持口腔健康。
选取了120名年龄在5至15岁的儿童作为总样本，并发放了基于2013年世界卫生组织标准的问卷。在口腔检查中，使用DMFT/S和dmft/s评估龋病状况，并使用Sillness和Loe给出的菌斑指数评估口腔卫生状况，在基线时进行评估，并在九个月后重新评估。口腔健康教育项目实施九个月，每月进行强化。结果显示，在九个月结束时，55.04%的儿童开始每天刷牙两次，而在基线时这一比例为30%。在九个月结束时，菌斑指数得分有统计学意义的下降（0.1887±0.332）。
得出的结论是，口腔健康教育项目在改善视障儿童的口腔卫生状况方面是有效的。
