| Along with the improvement of living standards, there are more and more old persons in the world. When people are old, there are many changes in the teeth and oral cavity such as gustatory hypoesthesia,gum recession. So it is very important for the elderly to protect their oral health.The status of oral health has not only something to do with absorption and digestion of food but also with the status of body. According to the scientific request, attention of the elderly to the oral hygiene is not adequate in our country. There are many problems of oral health in the elderly. And many people have wrong conceptions and customs of oral health. Oral hygiene not only plays an important role in prevention oral disease but also contributes to shaping the perfection of modern life.In our country, oral disease of the elderly has been a serious problem .Along with the ageing, more and more old people come to department of oral cavity for help. Then knowing their knowledge, attitude and behavior of oral health will provide some news to prevent oral diseases in community. It also helps oral doctors adopt measures to prevent oral diseases. The oral health education is a bridge ,which can lead the elderly from wish of maintaining oral health availably to grasp how to protect oral health. It is the best way of improving oral health behavior to popularize knowledge of oral health. The tooth brushing is considered to be the most fundamental and the most important measure to maintain oral health. It is very important for preventing oral diseases to maintain good oral health behaviors.Based on those, this study chose 582 persons 60 years and older, and whose AMT score is 8(8～10). It was the investigators who explain aims and contents of the questionnaire. The live investigation was committed with the agreement of informants. Then, results were written down by the investigators.The questionnaire was made according to contents of the 3rd national oral health survey (the elderly group) and relative literature. The investigators were nurses who worked in clinic over one year, and had good ability of communication. They were trained about aims,purports,contents of the questionnaire and something else.The aim of this study was to analyze the correlations between the common condition and knowledge, attitude, behavior of oral health in the elderly. Two persons were responsible for imputing data which was disposed by Spss10.0. We hope it can provide fundamental information and materials for the building of community service information platform in Jilin province. According to the results, we can draw the conclusions below:Age, culture level and individual income have the influence on oral hygiene of the elderly in this community.1.About the knowledge of oral health:From this study, the female elderly know more the knowledge than the male elderly. The elderly in high-age group know more the knowledge. The elderly in higher culture level understand more the knowledge. As the individual income increases, the elderly know more and more the knowledge.2.About the attitude of oral health:According to this study, the elderly in low-age group have worse attitude to oral health, compared with the other groups. The elderly with junior-college or higher culture level appear the better attitude to oral health. The elderly in the high-age group have more strong consciousness to keep good oral health.3.About the deed of oral health:According to this study, the elderly with junior-college or higher culture level or with more than 2000-yuan-per-month individual income do the better deeds to keep good oral health.
|
PDF Full Text Request