The Guidelines for Empowering Resilience of Elderly for Improving the Oral Health-Related Quality of Life
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The objective of this research article was to construct the guidelines for empowering resilience of elderly for improving the oral health-related quality of life. The study employed a qualitative research method. The samples were 80 key informants, which were composed of 25 the elderly who had a very good oral health-related quality of life, 25 the family members of this elderly group and 80 the community leaders of the elderly who had a very good oral health-related quality of life, who resided in 5 sub-districts as follow: Bansong sub-district in Chachoengsao province, Salalumduan sub-district, Thakasame sub-district, Nong-mamsai sub-district and Thakwien sub-district in Sakaeo province. Data analysis was content analysis with triangular techniques methods.
The results found the guidelines for empowering resilience of elderly for improving the oral health-related quality of life, which composed of 10 main guidelines and 37 sub-guidelines. These main and sub-guidelines were as follow: 1) the empowerment of the remaining permanent teeth in the mouth for usable in according to the current situation had 3 sub-guidelines; 2) The prevention of the decay and wear permanent teeth had 3 sub-guidelines; 3) The prevention of the hypertension and the coronary artery heart disease or the cerebrovascular disease had 6 sub-guidelines; 4) The prevention of the cancer and the mouth ulcers had 4 sub-guidelines; 5) The prevention of the locking jaw had 2 sub-guidelines; 6) The increasing of the oral hydrating had 3 sub-guidelines; 7) The empowerment of the setting oral health goal and the selection of their suitable oral health care had 3 sub-guidelines; 8) The empowerment of the oral illness management had 3 sub-guidelines; 9) The improvement of the oral health literacy had 2 sub-guidelines; and 10) the empowerment of the family support had 5 sub-guidelines. These guidelines improved the oral health-related quality of life of elderly including of physical, mental, social, and spiritual well-being of elderly.
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