Abstract

GONZALEZ RAMOS, Rosa María et al. Knowledge on  risk factors of bucal health in older adults from grandparents circle. Rev haban cienc méd [online]. 2012, vol.11, n.4, pp. 519-527. ISSN 1729-519X.

Introduction: elderly people are prone to oral diseases. Knowledge of risk factors is important for preventing the beginning and further development of these diseases. Objective: identify the level of knowledge of a group of elderly people regarding main oral diseases and risk factors associated. Material and methods: a descriptive transversal study. The Universe consisted of 101 subjects from 5 homes for elderly people from 19 de Abril Community Health center. No sample was used. Variables studied were: age, gender, education and level of knowledge. Information was obtained by the main author and other collaborators previously trained. Informed consent of subjects also was previously obtained. A data base was made in excel and processed in SPSS v. 19. Percentage werer used to resume information. Results: the 74.5% has certain knowledge about dental caries, 84.1% doesn't know the negative effects of alcohol consumption,76.3% shows insufficient knowledge of the importance of the bucalhygiene and 80% has no knowledge that to keep the prothesis badly adjusted may be a risk factor of buccal cancer.  Conclusions: the lack of knowledge about the principal dental diseases and main risk factors associated with them prevailed.

Keywords : elderly people; dental diseases; risk factors.

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