Provision of oral hygiene services as a potential method for preventing periodontal disease and control hypertension and diabetes in a community health centre in Korea

• Published in: Health & social care in the community Vol. 26; no. 3; pp. e378 - e385
• Main Authors: Kim, Nam‐Hee, Lee, Ga‐Yeong, Park, Su‐Kyung, Kim, Yeun‐Ju, Lee, Min‐Young, Kim, Chun‐Bae
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Hindawi Limited 01.05.2018
• Subjects: Bleeding; Blood pressure; chronic disease management; Community; Community health services; community intervention; Dental hygienists; Diabetes; Gum disease; Health indicators; Health problems; Health services; Health status; Hemoglobin; Hygiene; Hypertension; integrated care; Oral hygiene; oral hygiene services; Patients; Prevention; Type 2 diabetes mellitus; chronic disease management; integrated care; oral hygiene services; diabetes; hypertension; community intervention

This study aimed to evaluate the effects of a community‐based oral hygiene service on general and periodontal health indicators of patients with hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus visiting a community health centre in Korea. The study used a one‐group pretest–posttest and interrupted time‐ser...