摘要
目的:了解老年患者对牙周病变及其预防知识的认知情况,探讨实施健康教育对提高老年患者口腔保健知识与行为的影响。方法:采用调查问卷方法了解200例老年患者对牙周病变及其预防知识的认知,在实施健康教育前后评价患者口腔保健知识与行为的变化。结果:教育前多数患者对牙周病认识不足,58%的患者从未进行牙周洁治,对牙周洁治的正确认识率较低,健康教育后患者的口腔保健知识与行为发生了明显改变(p<0.05),90%以上的患者养成了良好的口腔保健行为。结论:健康教育提高了老年患者对牙周病的认知,对牙周病的防治起到了促进作用。
Objective：To explore the effect of health education on periodontal disease and oral health care in elderly Patients.Methods：200 cases of elderly patients were investigated by questionnaires to understand their knowledge about periodontal disease.Their behaviors were evaluated before and after health education.Results：Most of patients had poor knowledge on periodontal disease and 58% of patients never treatment have had periodontal disease before education.90% of patients established better behaviors of oral health care after education（p0.05）.Conclusions：Health educations can improve cognition of periodontal disease for elderly patients,illustration of the oral health knowledge and behavior to them can reduce the periodontal diseae.
出处
《中华老年口腔医学杂志》
2010年第3期140-142,共3页
Chinese Journal of Geriatric Dentistry
基金
北京市海淀科委科普项目(08KP03009)
关键词
老年人
牙周病
健康教育
口腔保健
Elderly patients
Periodontal disease
Health education
Oral health care
