［調査報告］琉球大学病院における口腔ケアのシステム化に向けて

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In recent years, the medicinal significance of oral healthcare leads to an improved QOL, for example by preventing systemic severe infectious diseases, feeding, deglutition, rehabilitation and so on, has been regarded as important. In particular, it is now recognized that oral healthcare of an inpatient occupies an important role as part of their healthy maintenance, not only in terms of the prevention of oral infectious diseases but also of systemic severe infectious diseases. On the other hand, however, oral healthcare may prove problematic, since each patient has specific oral and body states based on their disease. Therefore, we conducted a questionnaire survey to assess the present circumstances of oral healthcare for each ward for nurses having direct relations to inpatients in the University of Ryukyu hospital. Consequently, most nurses who responded had experience in oral healthcare. In addition, the problems of performing oral healthcare and the need for a dentist and oral hygienist in connection with oral healthcare were positively recognized, as well as the need of oral healthcare on each ward based on the condition of a patient, was systematized.
琉球医学会,Ryukyu Medical Associationの論文