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Relationship between Knowledge and Attitude toward Oral Function in Middle-Aged and Older Adults
Oral hypofunction is the stage at which recovery can be expected with proper diagnosis, management, and motivation before oral dysfunction occurs. The knowledge and attitude toward oral function can influence the maintenance and improvement of oral function. However, whether middle-aged and older ad...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9410982/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36034477 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/3503644 |
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author | Nakata, Haruka Masaki, Yuichi Watanabe, Yuri Ohkubo, Mai Sugiyama, Tetsuya Kobayashi, Kenichiro |
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description | Oral hypofunction is the stage at which recovery can be expected with proper diagnosis, management, and motivation before oral dysfunction occurs. The knowledge and attitude toward oral function can influence the maintenance and improvement of oral function. However, whether middle-aged and older adults with declining oral function have knowledge of their oral function and how this knowledge and their attitude affect their oral function are unclear. Therefore, we aimed to examine (1) the relationship between knowledge and attitude toward oral function and hypofunction in individuals with suspected oral hypofunction and (2) changes in knowledge and attitude toward oral function through evaluation and education. Participants aged ≥50 years were enrolled during their first community dental clinic visit. A questionnaire assessment of knowledge and attitudes before and after oral function evaluation was performed. The oral function was initially assessed with seven criteria: oral hygiene; oral dryness; occlusal force; tongue pressure; tongue-lip motor, masticatory, and swallowing function. Associations between knowledge and attitudes and their changes were statistically analyzed. Fifty-nine participants (93.7%) were unaware of “oral hypofunction.” Associations between knowledge and attitudes and their changes in the negative to positive response groups, from 86.4% and 61.0% to 6.8% and 25.4%, respectively, after oral function evaluation, indicated that participants understood their oral function and the need for training. Middle-aged and older individuals with poor knowledge and attitudes were more likely to have a worse oral function; however, their knowledge and attitudes toward oral function could be improved through oral function assessment and education. |
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spelling | pubmed-94109822022-08-26 Relationship between Knowledge and Attitude toward Oral Function in Middle-Aged and Older Adults Nakata, Haruka Masaki, Yuichi Watanabe, Yuri Ohkubo, Mai Sugiyama, Tetsuya Kobayashi, Kenichiro Int J Dent Research Article Oral hypofunction is the stage at which recovery can be expected with proper diagnosis, management, and motivation before oral dysfunction occurs. The knowledge and attitude toward oral function can influence the maintenance and improvement of oral function. However, whether middle-aged and older adults with declining oral function have knowledge of their oral function and how this knowledge and their attitude affect their oral function are unclear. Therefore, we aimed to examine (1) the relationship between knowledge and attitude toward oral function and hypofunction in individuals with suspected oral hypofunction and (2) changes in knowledge and attitude toward oral function through evaluation and education. Participants aged ≥50 years were enrolled during their first community dental clinic visit. A questionnaire assessment of knowledge and attitudes before and after oral function evaluation was performed. The oral function was initially assessed with seven criteria: oral hygiene; oral dryness; occlusal force; tongue pressure; tongue-lip motor, masticatory, and swallowing function. Associations between knowledge and attitudes and their changes were statistically analyzed. Fifty-nine participants (93.7%) were unaware of “oral hypofunction.” Associations between knowledge and attitudes and their changes in the negative to positive response groups, from 86.4% and 61.0% to 6.8% and 25.4%, respectively, after oral function evaluation, indicated that participants understood their oral function and the need for training. Middle-aged and older individuals with poor knowledge and attitudes were more likely to have a worse oral function; however, their knowledge and attitudes toward oral function could be improved through oral function assessment and education. Hindawi 2022-08-18 /pmc/articles/PMC9410982/ /pubmed/36034477 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/3503644 Text en Copyright © 2022 Haruka Nakata et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Nakata, Haruka Masaki, Yuichi Watanabe, Yuri Ohkubo, Mai Sugiyama, Tetsuya Kobayashi, Kenichiro Relationship between Knowledge and Attitude toward Oral Function in Middle-Aged and Older Adults |
title | Relationship between Knowledge and Attitude toward Oral Function in Middle-Aged and Older Adults |
title_full | Relationship between Knowledge and Attitude toward Oral Function in Middle-Aged and Older Adults |
title_fullStr | Relationship between Knowledge and Attitude toward Oral Function in Middle-Aged and Older Adults |
title_full_unstemmed | Relationship between Knowledge and Attitude toward Oral Function in Middle-Aged and Older Adults |
title_short | Relationship between Knowledge and Attitude toward Oral Function in Middle-Aged and Older Adults |
title_sort | relationship between knowledge and attitude toward oral function in middle-aged and older adults |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9410982/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36034477 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/3503644 |
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