肺炎発症に関する口腔リスク項目の検討 -口腔ケア・マネジメントの確立に向けて-

吉田 光由; 菊谷 武; 渡部 芳彦; 花形 哲夫; 戸倉 聡; 高橋 賢晃; 田村 文誉; 赤川 安正

doi:10.11259/jsg.24.3

Original Article

Selection of Essential Assessment Items for Oral Care Management

Mitsuyoshi Yoshida, Takeshi Kikutani, Yoshihiko Watanabe, Tetsuo Hanagata, Satoshi Tokura, Noriaki Takahashi, Fumiyo Tamura, Yasumasa Akagawa

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Mitsuyoshi Yoshida
Hiroshima City General Rehabilitation Center
Department of Advanced Prosthodontics, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Takeshi Kikutani
Rehabilitation Clinic for Speech and Swallowing Disorders, The Nippon Dental University Hospital, The Nippon Dental University, School of Life Dentistry at Tokyo
Yoshihiko Watanabe
Department of Welfare, Tohoku Fukushi University
Tetsuo Hanagata
Yamanashi Prefecture Dental Association
Satoshi Tokura
Hinode Dental Makomanai Clinic
Noriaki Takahashi
Rehabilitation Clinic for Speech and Swallowing Disorders, The Nippon Dental University Hospital, The Nippon Dental University, School of Life Dentistry at Tokyo
Fumiyo Tamura
Rehabilitation Clinic for Speech and Swallowing Disorders, The Nippon Dental University Hospital, The Nippon Dental University, School of Life Dentistry at Tokyo
Yasumasa Akagawa
Department of Advanced Prosthodontics, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Keywords: dependent elderly person, oral health care, screening, assessment

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2009 Volume 24 Issue 1 Pages 3-9

DOI https://doi.org/10.11259/jsg.24.3

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Abstract

Essential assessment items to identify the risk of aspiration pneumonia are essential for oral health care management. In this study, the risk group for pneumonia was selected by the developed screening method among 172 institutionalized elderly (46 male and 126 female, mean age 84.0y) . The risk group consisted of 18 male and 38 female (mean age 84.0y) who were significantly dependent and who could not keep opening their mouths or perform rhythmical chewing compared with the others (p<0.05) . It may be concluded that assessment of oral function is the key for oral health care management.

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