Hoad-Reddick G, Grant A A, Griffiths C S
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 1987 Jun;15(3):137-40. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1987.tb00501.x.
During a survey into the dental health of 233 elderly people in the Halton Health Authority, subjects' knowledge of the services provided was investigated. Only 5.7% of the sample were found to be regular attenders and assessed need was found to be far greater than perceived need. Questions were set out to discover attitudes to the service, investigated reasons for non-attendance, knowledge of domiciliary visiting arrangements, where a dental surgery was situated, how subjects could find out about N.H.S. dental charges, costs of dentures and if subjects had a problem in their mouth, who they would turn to for help. Results were analysed by computer using the Survey-Plus programme, which allowed differences between residential groups to be compared. Suggestions are made for improvements in care provision for the elderly and education of those in contact with them.
在对哈尔顿卫生局233名老年人的牙齿健康状况进行调查期间，对受试者对所提供服务的了解情况进行了调查。结果发现，样本中只有5.7%的人是定期就诊者，而且经评估发现需求远大于感知到的需求。设置了一些问题来了解对该服务的态度，调查未就诊的原因、对上门服务安排的了解、牙科诊所的位置、受试者如何了解国民保健署的牙科费用、假牙的成本，以及如果受试者口腔有问题，他们会向谁求助。使用Survey-Plus程序通过计算机对结果进行了分析，该程序可以比较不同居住群体之间的差异。针对改善老年人护理服务以及对与老年人接触者的教育提出了建议。
