Oral Health Beliefs in Caregivers of Institutionalized Disabled and Elderly Patients of the Quilaco Commune, BioBío Region

Camila Fuentes P.; Carla Escobar I.; Patricia Muñoz M. & Nicolás Ernesto Ottone

Summary

The rapid aging of the population of Chile will produce an increase not only in the prevalence of chronic diseases, but also of people with disabilities, and their need to be cared for permanently. In this sense, taking the caregivers of the institutionalized elderly population of the Quilaco commune, Biobío Region, as a study group, we analyzed the oral health beliefs that caregivers have at the time of undertaking the care of older adults.

KEY WORDS: oral health beliefs, caregivers, institutionalized elderly.

How to cite this article

FUENTES, P. C.; ESCOBAR, I. C.; MUÑOZ, M. P. & OTTONE, N. E. Oral health beliefs in caregivers of institutionalized disabled and elderly patients of the Quilaco commune, Biobío region. Int. J. Odontostomat., 9(2):301-306, 2015.