Search results for "suun terveydenhuolto"

Kotihoidon asiakkaiden suun terveydentilan kartoittaminen sosiaalihammashoidollisella lähestymistavalla

2010

Oral health status and self-rated health in 80 year-old community dwelling people

2012

Oral health is an important discipline of health that can affect functioning of health and have severe consequences. The aim of the study was to examine the oral health of the older people and how oral health is associated with self-rated health. The study was a part of Evergreen Project conducted by the University of Jyväskylä. The participants were 80-year-old persons living in the city of Jyväskylä, People who were living in institutions were excluded from the study sample (N= 262, 74 men, 188 women). The study included clinical measures of oral health such as participant’s need for dental care. The data were analyzed by chi square test, t-test and logistic regression analysis. Among men…

Schoolchildren's oral health counselling within the organisational context of public oral health care : applying and developing theoretical and empir…

2007

The purpose of the present series of studies was to examine the counselling communication activities in schoolchildren`s oral health counselling and the organisational context of public oral health care. Four studies based on two datasets were carried out. The counselling follow-up audiotaped data (2002–2003) comprised 97 counselling encounters. Thirty-one 11–13-year-old schoolchildren (n = 31, 15 girls and 16 boys) were included in the counselling sessions that were conducted by four dental hygienists. The organisation data collection (n = 58) was carried out by using a semi-structured questionnaire in 2002. Methods of qualitative content analysis and statistical analysis were applied for …