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Journal of The Korean Society of Maternal and Child Health 2014;18(1):75-85.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21896/jksmch.2014.18.1.75    Published online January 31, 2014.
Oral Health Care of before and after Hospitalized Children with Community Acquired Pneumonia
박혜진1, 박형숙2
1일신기독병원
2부산대학교 간호대학
지역사회 획득 폐렴환아의 입원 전ㆍ후구강건강 관리
박혜진1, 박형숙2
1일신기독병원
2부산대학교 간호대학
Abstract
Purpose
This study was conducted to compare and analyze changes in oral health care betweenpre-admission and admission hospitalized children who had community acquired pneumonia (CAP).
Methods
The data were obtained from 273 hospitalized children with CAP through questionnairesfrom June to December 2011. The data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, percentage,mean, standard deviation, McNemar's test and t/F test was done using PASW 18K.
Results
The results of this study showed on admission hospitalized children that decreased tonumber of tooth brush (X2=197.72, p<.001) and time of tooth brush (X2=77.82, p<.001). Theywere, however, increased number of snacks (X2=99.85, p<.001) and drinks (X2=33.72, p<.001)as well as change in method of horizontal brushing (X2=36.18, p<0.01) than pre-admission hospitalization. The shorter the number of readmissions of Community acquired pneumonia (CAP) waspracticing good of oral health care.
Conclusion
Nursing intervention is needed to monitor oral health care such as regular and rightmethod of tooth brush and proper control of the snacks and drinks for helping to illness recoveryand minimize re-admission for hospitalized children with had CAP.
Key Words: community acquired infections, bacterial pneumonia, children, Oral health
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