The Effectiveness of a Board Game-Based Oral Hygiene Education Program on Oral Hygiene Knowledge and Plaque Index of Adults with Intellectual Disability

A Pilot Study

Bibliographic Data

ID15466922
AuthorsHsiu‐Yueh Liu (0000-0002-0626-3595, Kaohsiung Medical University), Ping‐ho Chen (0000-0002-0357-8081, Kaohsiung Medical University), Ping-Ho Chen (Kaohsiung Medical University), Wun-Jyun Chen (Kaohsiung Medical University), Shanshan Huang (0009-0007-7134-4475, Kaohsiung Medical University), Shan-Shan HUANG (Division of Pediatric Dentistry and Special Care Dentistry, Department of Dentistry, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan), Jen-Hao Chen (Kaohsiung Medical University), Jen‐Hao Chen (0000-0003-2161-2623, Kaohsiung Medical University), Ching‐Teng Yao (0000-0002-0307-270X, Kaohsiung Medical University, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume18
Issue3
Pages946-946
Publication date2021-01-22
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph18030946
PMID33499076
OpenAlexW3121179915
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited33

An oral hygiene board game was designed as an intervention tool and applied to explore the effectiveness for the oral health related knowledge (OHK) score and plaque index (PI) of adults with intellectual disability (ID). This one-group pre/post-test design study was conducted in a residential long-term care facility for 42 participants. The study had one pre-test (baseline) and three post-tests evaluated in both control and intervention stages, respectively. The participants participated in a 60-min oral hygiene board game twice a week during the intervention stage. Total OHK score and PI of the participants were recorded to determine the effectiveness of intervention. There were no differences in OHK score and PI between the two stages at baseline. The results in intervention stage demonstrated a significant gradual increase and reduction in the OHK score when compared with the control stage. A statistically significant improvement in the OHK score and PI (42.29% and -33.28%, respectively) at the end of intervention between two stages was recorded. This study proved a board game is deemed an effective education method applicable to promote the OHK and skills of ID adults

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