Aims:
To determine the effect of an educative intervention on the oral hygiene of
people with Down Syndrome in two special education schools in Celaya, Gto.
Study
Design: Quantitative, correlational,
quasi-experimental study.
Place
and Duration of Study: The experimental group of the school
of Special Education Mariana and the control group of the Center of Attention
Multiple Henri Wallon in Celaya, Gto, between May 2016 and April 2017.
Methodology:
We included 30 students (14 men, 16 women; age range 6-21 years) with Down
Syndrome. An instrument based on Orem's theory was used to evaluate self-care
abilities in oral hygiene and a National Autonomous University of Mexico format
of personal control of the dentobacterial plaque. The intervention "Oral
hygiene in people with Down Syndrome" was implemented. All was analyzed
with Student t for paired means and Student t for independent groups, and P-value.
Results:
Self-care skills showed a significant change after the nursing intervention (P
= .009), knowledge (P = .02) and skills (P = .003); which had no significant
difference were motivations (P = .23) and the percentage of dentobacterial
plaque (P = .40).
Conclusion:
It is fundamental to apply a nursing intervention to improve the oral hygiene
of people with Down Syndrome favoring their capacities for self-care and
preventing oral pathologies. But nurses need more training in psychoeducation
to improve motivation in people.
Author(s) Details
Maria Esther Patiño-López
Department of Clinical Nursing, Division of Health Sciences and Engineering, Camous Celaya-Salvatierra, University of Guanajuato, Mexico.
Department of Clinical Nursing, Division of Health Sciences and Engineering, Camous Celaya-Salvatierra, University of Guanajuato, Mexico.
Dr. Nicolas Padilla-
Raygoza
School of Medicine, University
of Celaya, Mexico.
Xiomara Arteaga Herrera
Division of Health Sciences
and Engineering, Campus Celaya-Salvatierra, University of Guanajuato, Mexico.
María de Lourdes García
Campos
Department of Clinical
Nursing, Division of Health Sciences and Engineering, Camous
Celaya-Salvatierra, University of Guanajuato, Mexico.
Dr. Vicente Beltrán Campos
Department of Clinical
Nursing, Division of Health Sciences and Engineering, Campus
Celaya-Salvatierra, University of Guanajuato, Mexico.
View Volume: https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/ctdah/v1
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