Oral healthcare for elderly: identifying the needs and feasible strategies for service provision.

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dc.contributor.authorGoel, Pankajen_US
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Kanwarjiten_US
dc.contributor.authorKaur, Arundeepen_US
dc.contributor.authorVerma, Maheshen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-28T07:50:44Z
dc.date.available2009-05-28T07:50:44Z
dc.date.issued2006-01-12en_US
dc.description.abstractThe aim of the present study was to assess the oral health practices, status and treatment needs of the rural elderly in national capital territory of Delhi. An effort was also made to identify patterns of utilization of dental services and test alternate strategies for service provision. A total of 96 elderly subjects (47 males and 49 females) in 5 rural areas were interviewed and clinically examined using Basic Oral Health Survey criteria of W.H.O. This was followed by a community trial in which the 5 villages were divided into control and test groups. Results of the survey found that both traditional as well as modern oral health practices co-exist in the rural community. Dental services were available to a majority (mostly through private sector), and edentulousness was a condition of primary concern among the elderly as a result of unmet treatment needs for dental caries and periodontal diseases. Age was a variable that was statistically significantly associated with edentulousness (p=0.005). Results of the community trial showed that higher utilization of care can be achieved by providing on-site dental care as compared to referring cases to tertiary care centers. Nevertheless provision of treatment alone is not a suitable policy recommendation since many elderly did not avail care even at on-site community dental health programmes that were operated free of cost. This emphasizes the need of health education over treatment in order to empower the elderly, especially the non-ambulatory patients, to practice prevention and develop favourable attitudes towards accepting prompt treatment at primary health care level.en_US
dc.description.affiliationDepartment of Community Dentistry, Maulana Azad Dental College & Hospital, New Delhi, India.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGoel P, Singh K, Kaur A, Verma M. Oral healthcare for elderly: identifying the needs and feasible strategies for service provision. Indian Journal of Dental Research. 2006 Jan-Mar; 17(1): 11-21en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/51757
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.ijdr.inen_US
dc.subject.meshAge Factorsen_US
dc.subject.meshAgeden_US
dc.subject.meshAttitude to Healthen_US
dc.subject.meshCommunity Health Servicesen_US
dc.subject.meshDelivery of Health Careen_US
dc.subject.meshDental Care for Aged --organization & administrationen_US
dc.subject.meshDental Caries --therapyen_US
dc.subject.meshFeasibility Studiesen_US
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_US
dc.subject.meshHealth Education, Dentalen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshIndiaen_US
dc.subject.meshMaleen_US
dc.subject.meshMouth, Edentulous --rehabilitationen_US
dc.subject.meshNeeds Assessmenten_US
dc.subject.meshOral Hygieneen_US
dc.subject.meshPatient Acceptance of Health Careen_US
dc.subject.meshPeriodontal Diseases --therapyen_US
dc.subject.meshPrimary Health Careen_US
dc.subject.meshPrivate Sectoren_US
dc.subject.meshReferral and Consultationen_US
dc.subject.meshRural Health Services --organization & administrationen_US
dc.titleOral healthcare for elderly: identifying the needs and feasible strategies for service provision.en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.typeResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov'ten_US
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