Awareness of Oral Disorders Among Community-Dwelling Elderly Spaniards.
Hisp Health Care Int
; 20(3): 212-216, 2022 09.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-34851201
ABSTRACT
Introduction:
Oral status has a clear impact on systemic health, a key component of successful aging. Awareness of oral disorders permits early diagnoses and treatments. This study investigates oral disorders awareness among community-dwelling elders.Methods:
Community-based survey through face-to-face interviews undertaken in four cities at busy commercial and administrative areas.Results:
A total of 789 people were recruited, mostly nonsmoker (60.3%) males (56.9%) with basic education (65.6%). The most frequently recalled disorder was bruxism, followed by periodontal diseases and ulcerations/aphthae. Caries was mentioned by 3.91%. Dentate participants were more aware of dental-related disorders, such as bruxism (p = .001) and periodontitis (p = .010), except for caries (p = .100). Caries awareness was related to educational level (p = .018) and smoking (p = .020), as was oral cancer (p = .019) with former smokers more aware of this neoplasm. Education was strongly related with periodontal awareness (p = .001).Conclusion:
Awareness of the main oral disorders is worryingly poor among the elderly population and immediate action is required by taking advantage of the position of family nurses in the treatment of systemic chronic disorders and through educational interventions on this population subgroup to ease preventive behaviors, favor early diagnoses, and promote simpler, more effective treatments with a lower financial burden.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Contexto en salud:
1_ASSA2030
Problema de salud:
1_doencas_nao_transmissiveis
Asunto principal:
Enfermedades Periodontales
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Bruxismo
Tipo de estudio:
Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Hisp Health Care Int
Año:
2022
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
España