EDUCATIVE NURSING ACTIONS IN MOUTH HEALTH IN A LONG PERMANENCE ELDERLY INSTITUTION

Authors

  • Denise Somavila Przylynski
  • Marlene Teda Pelzer
  • Silvana Sidney Costa dos Santos
  • Marília Egues da Silva
  • César Francisco Silva da Costa
  • Adriano Baraciol Gasparim

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v14i4.16385

Keywords:

Saúde bucal, Idoso, Educação em saúde, Enfermagem, Oral health, Aged, Health education, Nursing, Salud bucal, Anciano, Educación en salud, Enfermería

Abstract

The objectives of this study were: knowing the elderly’s mouth health perception among the ones living in a
long permanence institution for elderly people (LPIEP); identifying interferences in interpersonal relations in elderly people
with compromised mouth condition; orienting the elderly person about mouth hygiene using educative actions. Qualitative
research, carried out in a LPIEP in Rio Grande/RS/Brazil , having 32 elderly people as subject. Data were collected using a
structured questionnaire and were analyzed following the steps of assistance-convergent research. The results corroborate
with the researchers expectation: elderly people of this study have an unsatisfactory mouth health condition and their
socialization might be compromised, once their teeth affect mastication, speech, deglutition and esthetics, and interferes
directly in life quality. Proper educative actions may contribute for better mouth health condition to these people.

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Published

2009-12-14

How to Cite

Przylynski, D. S., Pelzer, M. T., dos Santos, S. S. C., da Silva, M. E., da Costa, C. F. S., & Gasparim, A. B. (2009). EDUCATIVE NURSING ACTIONS IN MOUTH HEALTH IN A LONG PERMANENCE ELDERLY INSTITUTION. Cogitare Enfermagem, 14(4). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v14i4.16385

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 4 (2009)

Section

Research

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