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Objective: To develop an educational intervention in caregivers and to know its impact on oral hygiene of older adults.



Materials and methods: An intervention study was conducted with pre- and post-test design in a group of older adults of a rest house in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, 2018. The oral hygiene of older adults was evaluated through the simplified index of oral hygiene. Once a week, an educational intervention was performed on oral health issues in caregivers.



Results: 6 older adults participated, all of them women (100%). The mean age was 82.50 years (± 9.7). The impact of the intervention improved the level of oral hygiene of older adults by 33.72%.



Conclusions: Educational intervention in older caregivers achieved significant changes in oral hygiene. Future intervention programmes should include assessments in the following months to assess long-term effects.

Dinorah Munira Hernández-Santos, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud

Lic. en Cirujano Dentista-Universidad de Guadalajara

Maestra en Gerontología-Universidad de Guadalajara 

Dirección de contacto: Universidad de Guadalajara CUCS. Sierra Mojada 950 Puerta 1. Edificio N. Planta Alta, Colonia Independencia, Guadalajara, México, C. P. 44340.

E-mail de contacto: dinorahmunira@hotmail.com

Teléfono de contacto: +52 (0133) 10 58 52 00.

Irma Fabiola Díaz-García, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud

Dra. en Cs. de la Salud Pública-Universidad de Guadalajara

Profesora investigadora del Departamento de Clínicas Odontológicas y de la Maestría en Gerontología-Universidad de Guadalajara

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Received 2020-07-26
Accepted 2020-12-01
Published 2021-03-25