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Consciousness and Knowledge of Nursing Home Workers About Oral Malodor
- Source :
- Journal of Oral Hygiene & Health.
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- OMICS Publishing Group, 2016.
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Abstract
- An increasing number of elderly people in Japan are living in nursing homes. Some of them have strong breath odor, which makes it difficult for the facility workers to perform oral care service. A questionnaire survey was conducted to examine how often the facility workers experience the residents’ oral malodor. The knowledge and consciousness of workers about oral malodor were also examined. Some workers actually experienced oral malodor of the facility residents and hoped that their breath odor could be reduced. The workers understood the causes of oral malodor, but the importance of saliva flow was not well recognized. On the other hand, more than 80% of workers expressed concern about their own breath odor while providing oral care. Nearly 80% of them want to get more information on oral malodor. The results of this questionnaire survey showed that oral malodor is an important matter at care facilities for the elderly, and instruction on oral malodor is necessary for facility workers.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Veterinary medicine
business.industry
Alternative medicine
Questionnaire
030206 dentistry
Oral hygiene
stomatognathic diseases
03 medical and health sciences
Elderly people in Japan
0302 clinical medicine
Family medicine
medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
business
Nursing homes
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 23320702
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Oral Hygiene & Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........e74a011ffea491e0cd19b3ab06ecbc92