Abstract

Stroke is the main trigger that can cause disability in adults. Stroke patients are known to be vulnerable to oral health problems, such as periodontal disease, due to limitations in their daily activities so that dental and oral hygiene management is neglected. These dental and oral health problems can become worse when patients are treated in a stroke unit. For this reason, dental and oral health care needs to be taken in stroke patients. The study aimed to develop a model of dental and oral health care among stroke patients. Research and Development (R&D), on five research stages, namely: information gathering, product/model design, expert validation and revision, product/model trials (using quasi-experiments with pretest and posttest with control group design). The sample was divided into two groups, the dental and oral health care model in stroke patients in the intervention group and the oral health care model No.284 year 2006 in the control group. Data were tested using normality, paired t-test, post hoc LSD, Mann Whitney, and linear regression. The model of dental and oral health care in stroke patients was relevant as dental and oral health care was shown to be p <0.001. The application of dental and oral health care models in stroke patients effectively improves the skills of gargling in moderate stroke patients p <0.001, increasing the ability to brush teeth in moderate stroke patients p <0.001. The application of dental and oral health care models in stroke patients is useful as an increase in the skills to rinse and brush teeth in moderate stroke patients

Highlights

  • Stroke is one of the most frightening diseases because the result can be fatal, either death or permanent disability, so all of us need to know more about this stroke [1]

  • The World Health Organization (WHO) defines stroke as a functional disorder of the focal and global brain due to disruption of cerebral blood flow that lasts more than 24 hours or can cause death [2]

  • Stroke patients are known to be prone to oral health problems, such as periodontal disease, due to limitations in their daily activities [3]

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Introduction

Stroke is one of the most frightening diseases because the result can be fatal, either death or permanent disability, so all of us need to know more about this stroke [1]. Stroke is the main trigger that can cause disability in adults. Stroke patients are known to be prone to oral health problems, such as periodontal disease, due to limitations in their daily activities [3]. These dental and oral health problems can become worse when patients are treated in a stroke unit. This is because patients treated in the stroke unit have low awareness and difficulty moving, limiting self-care activities, and causing damage to oral hygiene. Patients who cannot take food orally and reduce the secretion of saliva can cause dryness in the mouth, triggering the growth of conventional oral microfloral colonies that can cause oral cavity infections [4]

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