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A Study on Knowledge of and Attitude to the Elderly among Some Dental Hygienist  

Sim, Su-Hyun (Department of Dental Hygiene, Shinsung University)
Kim, Jin-Soo (Department of Dental Hygiene, Shinsung University)
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Journal of dental hygiene science / v.10, no.2, 2010 , pp. 71-77 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the knowledge of dental hygienists about the elderly and their attitude toward them as dental hygienists played vital roles in oral health care for elderly patients. It's ultimately meant to help improve their right understanding of the elderly to provide quality oral health care service to the elderly population in preparation for an aging society. The subjects in this study were 241 dental hygienists, on whom a self-administered survey was implemented. After the collected data were analyzed, the following findings were given: They got a mean of $12.40{\pm}2.99$ out of possible 22 points on knowledge of the elderly. Their general characteristics and characteristics related to the elderly made no statistically significant differences to their knowledge. As for attitude toward the elderly, they got a mean of $3.13{\pm}0.28$. Concerning links between their general characteristics and attitude toward the elderly, the better-educated dental hygienists took a more favorable attitude to the elderly.
Keywords
Attitude; Knowledge; The elderly;
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