Educational intervention in caregivers and its impact on elderly oral hygiene. Educational intervention and oral hygiene
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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.
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Accepted 2020-12-01
Published 2020-01-15
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