Date of Graduation

2004

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Type

MS

Committee Chair

Christina B. DeBiase

Abstract

Currently, knowledge is limited regarding the extent to which: (1) nursing home residents perceive their oral health care as being adequate, (2) nursing home residents’ perceptions and actual oral health status are congruent, and (3) oral health care outcomes and residents’ perceptions of their own oral health care are influenced by levels of physical functioning. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the oral health practices and perceptions of oral health care among cognitively intact nursing home residents. The instruments utilized were a resident interview and an oral health care evaluation. All participants (n = 10) completed the assessments. Data analyses were performed using the JMP program. Conclusions that may be drawn from this study include: 1) overall, study participants felt oral health care was important and that their oral health care was adequate and 2) study participants’ actual oral health status was not congruent with the participants’ perceptions.

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