Abstract

MARTINEZ PEREZ, Maricelys Leonor; SANTOS LEGRA, Mileidys; AYALA PEREZ, Yolanda  and  RAMOS RODRIGUEZ, Ileanne. Educational Intervention on Oral Health in Members of the Club Adulto Mayor Unidos por la Salud. ccm [online]. 2016, vol.20, n.4, pp.692-701. ISSN 1560-4381.

Introduction: older people become in elderly adult without enough knowledge of oral health to prevent thee oral diseases. It’s necessary to work about this. Objective: to modify the level of knowledge on oral health of the elderly members of the Club Adulto mayor unidos por la salud  and to  assess the psychosocial self-perception of the elderly about the need of dental care taking into account the Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI). Methods: an intervention study was performed from November 2014 to January 2015, with a before and after design. The universe of study was formed   by 24 patients who were members of the Club Adulto Mayor Unidos por la Salud del municipio Carirubana in Falcón state, Venezuela. Data collection template and a structured interview were used; five participatory educational techniques were applied. Results: the results showed a predominance of cariogenic diet (66.66%). According to the Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI) 70.83% of the people need some stomatology care. The knowledge before applying the technique was evaluated with an inadequate result predominating 66.66% and after the intervention a proper result was achieved (83.33%), the predominant average age was about 60-69 with female sex as well as, the secondary school educational level. Conclusions: the level of knowledge on oral health was modified in almost all elderly adults. More than the half of the people   needed stomatology care.

Keywords : elderly; educational intervention; GOHAI.

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