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INTRODUÇÃO: Segundo a OMS a população mundial está progressivamente mais envelhecida, sendo este um desafio para a saúde pública contemporânea. Adicionalmente, esta população é acometida por um grande número de condições e patologias e muitas vezes não dispõe de meios para alcançar os tratamentos e cuidados necessários. É nesta vertente que as futuras pesquisas deverão incidir, enfatizando a providência dos cuidados médico-dentários.
OBJETIVO: Verificar a existência de uma alteração na qualidade de vida do idoso, inerente à realização de cuidados médico-dentários.
MATERIAIS E MÉTODOS: Estudo epidemiológico observacional transversal, realizado numa amostra de idosos do Distrito de Viseu, frequentadores da Clínica Dentária Universitária da Universidade Católica Portuguesa. A recolha de dados foi realizada através da aplicação do GOHAI, antes e após a realização de cuidados médico-dentários.
RESULTADOS: A amostra é constituída por 18 pacientes, 50% mulheres e 50% homens, com idades compreendidas entre 65 e 85 anos. Relativamente, aos hábitos higiénicos 94,44% dos inquiridos apresentava como hábito escovar os seus dentes, sendo que desses 66,67% referiram escovar uma vez ao dia e 33,33% escovavam duas vezes. Já no que concerne ao uso de fio dentário, a grande maioria referiu não usar, existindo, uma minoria (5,56%) que referiu a sua utilização. Já no que concerne ao questionário GOHAI, inicialmente, a maioria dos inquiridos tinha uma perceção “baixa” da sua saúde oral e no final a maioria dos inquiridos percecionou a sua saúde como “elevada”. Relativamente à comparação dos somatórios iniciais e finais, verificou-se que em ambos os momentos a maioria dos idosos referiu autoperceção “moderada”, sendo que inicialmente esta tinha tendência para “baixa” e no final para “elevada”.
CONCLUSÃO: É premente que sejam tomadas todas as medidas necessárias para colmatar as alterações associadas ao envelhecimento. Apenas deste modo podemos atuar ativa e eficazmente no curso natural da vida e fornecer o devido suporte à crescente população idosa.
INTRODUCTION: According to the WHO, the global population is progressively getting older, what converts the aging process in a new challenge for the area of Contemporary Public Health. Moreover, the elderly are a population affected by a large number of conditions and pathologies and that many times doesn´t have the means to access to the needed treatment and care. It is in that area that the future researches should focuses, putting emphasis on the provision of necessary medical-dental care. OBJETIVE: To verify if there is, or not, a meaningful modification in the quality of life of the geriatric patient, associated to a dental intervention. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Cross-sectional observational epidemiological study with a sample of 18 patients from de district of Viseu that attend the University Dental Clinic of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa. The data gathering was performed through the application of a questionnaire, containing the GOHAI, before and after performing medical-dental care. RESULTS: The sample is compose by eighteen patients, of which 50% are women and 50% are men, with an age range from 65 to 85 years. Regarding GOHAI, we conclude that initially the majority of the respondents reported a “low” autoperception while in the final data the autoperception was “high”. Concerning the comparison of the initial and final sums of the GOHAI we verify that, both at the begining and at the end the majority of the patients reported a “moderate” autoperception, which initially as a tendency to “low” and “high” at the end. CONCLUSION: It is urgent that the appropriate preventive and interceptive measures are token, in order to compensate the alterations related to the aging process. Only in this way can we act actively and effectively in the natural course of life and provide due support to the growing elderly population.
INTRODUCTION: According to the WHO, the global population is progressively getting older, what converts the aging process in a new challenge for the area of Contemporary Public Health. Moreover, the elderly are a population affected by a large number of conditions and pathologies and that many times doesn´t have the means to access to the needed treatment and care. It is in that area that the future researches should focuses, putting emphasis on the provision of necessary medical-dental care. OBJETIVE: To verify if there is, or not, a meaningful modification in the quality of life of the geriatric patient, associated to a dental intervention. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Cross-sectional observational epidemiological study with a sample of 18 patients from de district of Viseu that attend the University Dental Clinic of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa. The data gathering was performed through the application of a questionnaire, containing the GOHAI, before and after performing medical-dental care. RESULTS: The sample is compose by eighteen patients, of which 50% are women and 50% are men, with an age range from 65 to 85 years. Regarding GOHAI, we conclude that initially the majority of the respondents reported a “low” autoperception while in the final data the autoperception was “high”. Concerning the comparison of the initial and final sums of the GOHAI we verify that, both at the begining and at the end the majority of the patients reported a “moderate” autoperception, which initially as a tendency to “low” and “high” at the end. CONCLUSION: It is urgent that the appropriate preventive and interceptive measures are token, in order to compensate the alterations related to the aging process. Only in this way can we act actively and effectively in the natural course of life and provide due support to the growing elderly population.
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Pacientes geriátricos Qualidade de vida Intervenção médico-dentária GOHAI Geriatric patients Quality of Life (QOL) Dental-medical intervention