Department of Dentistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India.
Department of Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Pacific Dental College and Hospital, Udaipur, India.
Spec Care Dentist. 2021 Nov;41(6):716-726. doi: 10.1111/scd.12622. Epub 2021 Jul 3.
The aim of this study was to design, implement, and to evaluate the success of an oral health care programme specially designed for visually impaired children over a 12-month period.
A structured questionnaire collected information regarding oral health knowledge and practices of the study population. A specially designed oral health education programme was conducted for the children and their teachers and reinforced after 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months. The oral health status of the children was assessed and scored at baseline examination and after each follow-up visit. Independent t-test and paired t-test were used for comparison of scores. Spearman's correlation test was used to measure the correlation between knowledge and practices scores with oral hygiene status.
The study population (5-16 years) had good knowledge about oral health which, however, did not translate into everyday practices. The overall oral hygiene scores declined from 2.06 ± 1.20 at the preliminary examination to 1.24 ± 0.79 at the end of 12 months (p < 0.001).
The customized oral-health education programme was efficacious in improving the oral health of the visually impaired children, and the repetition and reinforcement components of this dental health education programme were of significant value in enhancing their oral health.
本研究旨在设计、实施并评估一项专门针对视障儿童的为期 12 个月的口腔保健计划的成功。
采用结构化问卷收集研究人群口腔健康知识和行为的信息。为儿童及其教师专门设计了口腔健康教育计划，并在 1、3、6、9 和 12 个月后进行强化。在基线检查和每次随访后评估和评分儿童的口腔健康状况。采用独立 t 检验和配对 t 检验比较评分。采用斯皮尔曼相关检验测量知识和行为得分与口腔卫生状况之间的相关性。
研究人群（5-16 岁）对口腔健康有较好的认识，但这并没有转化为日常实践。总体口腔卫生评分从初步检查时的 2.06 ± 1.20 下降到 12 个月结束时的 1.24 ± 0.79（p < 0.001）。
定制的口腔健康教育计划在改善视障儿童的口腔健康方面是有效的，这种口腔健康教育计划的重复和强化部分对于提高他们的口腔健康非常有价值。
