@article{oai:mdu.repo.nii.ac.jp:00001332, author = {西山, 孝宏 and 川島, 信也 and 桝田, 伸二 and 福沢, 雄司 and 小笠原, 正 and 山本, 卓二 and 気賀, 康彦 and 伊沢, 正彦 and 渡辺, 達夫 and 笠原, 浩}, issue = {1}, journal = {松本歯学}, month = {Apr}, note = {application/pdf, One hundred aged people who live in the nursing home 'Kikyo-so" were investigated as to their life condition and their demand for dental treatment. The following findings were obtained; 1. They consisted of twenty-two men and seventy-eight women, aged 65~94 (average: 78.5). Although the Kikyo-so opened fifteen years ago, about sixty percent of them had lived there for less than three years. 2. Seventy-five percent of them were suffering from brain disorders including sequelae of cerebral apoplexy (61.0%), cerebral arteriosclerosis (10.0%) and softening of the brain (4.0%). The others had systemic diseases such as chronic heart diseases (6.0%). 3. Most of them were suffering from mental and/or physical disabilities. Only twenty percent of them could walk on their own. About sixty percent of them could not see well, and about forty percent had hearing disorders. Mental impairment was found in more than half. 4. Most of them required help and assistance in their daily life. Without assistance, only twenty-six percent of them could walk, forty-four percent could eat, five percent could bathe, sixteen percent could dress and undress and thirty-two percent could excrete their body wastes. 5. With only one exception, all of them were insured by the social security system. Eighty-nine percent were covered by medical insurance for the aged. 6. Most of them required special foods such as gruel. Only sixteen percest of them could take an ordinary meal. 7. As many as twelve percent of them complained of acute symptoms in their oral cavities. Half of these complaints were about toothaches. Immediate dental treatment should be performed for these people. 8. Twenty-nine percent of them had impairment in their chewing ability. 9. Forty-five percent of them were using removable dentures. This ratio seemed extremely low in comparison with the average for that age group. 10. As the greatest difficulty in receiving dental care, seventy-three percent of them stated the difficulty of visiting a dental clinic. 11. Twenty-seven percent of them expressed a desire to receive dental treatment.}, pages = {71--78}, title = {特別養護老人ホームの歯科的健康管理に関する研究 第1報 桔梗荘入所者の歯科治療への関心度について}, volume = {12}, year = {1986} }