tailieunhanh - Oral Health Status among Elderly Hill Tribe Villagers in Mae Sot, Thailand

This definition of elder abuse has been heavily influenced by the work done in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. Studies conducted in China (Hong Kong SAR), Finland, Greece, India, Ireland, Israel, Norway, Poland and South Africa have approached the topic in distinctly different ways (8). Norwegian researchers, for instance, identified abuse with a ‘‘triangle of violence’’ that includes a victim, a perpetrator and others, who – directly or indirectly – observe the principal players. In countries such as China, that emphasize harmony and respect within society, neglecting the care of an older person is considered an act of elder abuse. If family members fail to fulfil their kinship obligations to provide. | Asia Journal of Public Health July-December 2010 No. 2 Asia Journal of Public Health Journal homepage http Original Articles Oral Health Status among Elderly Hill Tribe Villagers in Mae Sot Thailand Sroisiri Thaweboon Boonyanit Thaweboon Futoshi Nakazawa Surachai Dechkunakorn Theeralaksna Suddhasthira Mari Fujita Faculty of Dentistry Mahidol University 6 Yothi Road Rajthevee Bangkok 10400 Thailand. School of dentistry Health Science University of Hokkaido 1757Kanazawa Tobetsu-cho Ishikari-gun Hokkaido 061-0293 Japan. ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article history Received July 2010 Received in revised form October 2010 Accepted November 2010 Available online January 2011 Keywords Oral health elderly hill tribe Corresponding Author Thaweboon S Faculty of Dentistry Mahidol University 6 Yothi Road Bangkok 10400 Thailand. Email dtstw@ Asia J Public Health 2010 1 2 11-15 Objective This study aimed to determine the oral health conditions among elderly hill tribe villagers living in Mae Sot Thailand. Materials and methods The study was performed in 5 relatively isolated hill tribe villages. A total of 90 elderly villagers aged 54-80 years participated in this study. Dental caries were measured by the Decayed Missing and Filled Tooth DMFT index according to criteria recommended by the WHO. Periodontal status was assessed using the Community Periodontal Index CPI . Data were analyzed using ANOVA and Chisquare test. Results The prevalence of dental caries was 78 with a mean DMFT-score of . All hill tribe villagers had periodontal disease with the mean CPI-score of . No statistically significant differences in DMFT- and CPI-scores were found among the villages or between males and females. Almost all of them 99 had never accessed dental health care services. Very few 11 had toothbrushes. The habit of chewing betel quid Areca catechu L. was found among all individuals. This may cause the deterioration of oral hygiene and the .