Effectiveness of Oral Health Education Among Visually Challenged Children using Oral and Braille - A Comparative Study.

Q3 Dentistry
Indian Journal of Dental Research Pub Date : 2024-10-01 Epub Date: 2025-03-03 DOI:10.4103/ijdr.ijdr_384_22
P Hema, Shyamala Ganesan, E Ahila, S Thirumalai, S Magesh Kumar
{"title":"Effectiveness of Oral Health Education Among Visually Challenged Children using Oral and Braille - A Comparative Study.","authors":"P Hema, Shyamala Ganesan, E Ahila, S Thirumalai, S Magesh Kumar","doi":"10.4103/ijdr.ijdr_384_22","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The present investigation is motivated by the fact that the incidence of visual impairment is increasing all over the world. Visually challenged people may encounter specific problems in maintaining their oral hygiene, leading to a higher risk of periodontal diseases.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>This comparative study was conducted among visually challenged 5-20 year old school children. A total of 40 children were selected from two different residential schools for the visually challenged. Prior consent was obtained from the respective school authorities and the parents or guardians through the school. Oral education by oral health talk was delivered via a lecture mode in one school, and the same information in braille script was administered in the other school. The demographic data, Oral Hygiene Index-Simplified (OHI-S) and Plaque Index (PI), was recorded before and after the intervention.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The study showed that both modes of administering oral hygiene instructions were effective in improving the oral health status of the study subjects as shown by a reduction in the OHI-S scores. The mean reduction in the OHI-S score in the oral education group was 0.79 ± 0.22, while in the braille group, it was 0.46 ± 0.14. This difference was not statistically significant ( P = 0.966). The mean reduction in Plaque Index score was 0.33 in oral education group and 0.16 in braille. This difference was statistically significant ( P = 0.037).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In this study, we found that both the methods of oral hygiene instruction were equally effective in improving the oral health status of the visually disabled children.</p>","PeriodicalId":13311,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Dental Research","volume":" ","pages":"399-402"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Indian Journal of Dental Research","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4103/ijdr.ijdr_384_22","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/3/3 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Dentistry","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0

Abstract

Background: The present investigation is motivated by the fact that the incidence of visual impairment is increasing all over the world. Visually challenged people may encounter specific problems in maintaining their oral hygiene, leading to a higher risk of periodontal diseases.

Materials and methods: This comparative study was conducted among visually challenged 5-20 year old school children. A total of 40 children were selected from two different residential schools for the visually challenged. Prior consent was obtained from the respective school authorities and the parents or guardians through the school. Oral education by oral health talk was delivered via a lecture mode in one school, and the same information in braille script was administered in the other school. The demographic data, Oral Hygiene Index-Simplified (OHI-S) and Plaque Index (PI), was recorded before and after the intervention.

Results: The study showed that both modes of administering oral hygiene instructions were effective in improving the oral health status of the study subjects as shown by a reduction in the OHI-S scores. The mean reduction in the OHI-S score in the oral education group was 0.79 ± 0.22, while in the braille group, it was 0.46 ± 0.14. This difference was not statistically significant ( P = 0.966). The mean reduction in Plaque Index score was 0.33 in oral education group and 0.16 in braille. This difference was statistically significant ( P = 0.037).

Conclusions: In this study, we found that both the methods of oral hygiene instruction were equally effective in improving the oral health status of the visually disabled children.

背景:本调查的动机是,视力障碍的发病率在全世界范围内不断上升。视力障碍者在保持口腔卫生方面可能会遇到一些特殊问题,从而导致患牙周病的风险更高:这项比较研究的对象是 5-20 岁的视障学龄儿童。从两所不同的视障人士寄宿学校共挑选了 40 名儿童。事先通过学校征得了相关学校当局和家长或监护人的同意。在一所学校,口腔健康讲座通过讲座模式进行口腔教育,而在另一所学校,同样的信息则通过盲文进行传播。干预前后记录了人口统计学数据、简化口腔卫生指数(OHI-S)和牙菌斑指数(PI):研究结果表明,两种口腔卫生指导方式都能有效改善研究对象的口腔健康状况,具体表现为口腔卫生指数(OHI-S)得分的降低。口腔教育组的 OHI-S 评分平均降低了 0.79 ± 0.22,而盲文组的 OHI-S 评分平均降低了 0.46 ± 0.14。这一差异无统计学意义(P = 0.966)。口腔教育组的牙菌斑指数平均降低了 0.33,而盲文组降低了 0.16。这一差异具有统计学意义(P = 0.037):在这项研究中,我们发现两种口腔卫生指导方法对改善视障儿童的口腔健康状况同样有效。
本文章由计算机程序翻译,如有差异,请以英文原文为准。
求助全文
约1分钟内获得全文 求助全文
来源期刊
Indian Journal of Dental Research
Indian Journal of Dental Research Dentistry-Dentistry (all)
CiteScore
1.80
自引率
0.00%
发文量
80
审稿时长
38 weeks
期刊介绍: Indian Journal of Dental Research (IJDR) is the official publication of the Indian Society for Dental Research (ISDR), India section of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR), published quarterly. IJDR publishes scientific papers on well designed and controlled original research involving orodental sciences. Papers may also include reports on unusual and interesting case presentations and invited review papers on significant topics.
×
引用
GB/T 7714-2015
复制
MLA
复制
APA
复制
导出至
BibTeX EndNote RefMan NoteFirst NoteExpress
×
提示
您的信息不完整,为了账户安全,请先补充。
现在去补充
×
提示
您因"违规操作"
具体请查看互助需知
我知道了
×
提示
确定
请完成安全验证×
copy
已复制链接
快去分享给好友吧!
我知道了
右上角分享
点击右上角分享
0
联系我们:info@booksci.cn Book学术提供免费学术资源搜索服务,方便国内外学者检索中英文文献。致力于提供最便捷和优质的服务体验。 Copyright © 2023 布克学术 All rights reserved.
京ICP备2023020795号-1
ghs 京公网安备 11010802042870号
Book学术文献互助
Book学术文献互助群
群 号:481959085
Book学术官方微信