Community-liaison Clinical Pathways to Improve the Oral Health-related QOL of Individuals with Disabilities

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24593151
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social dentistry
• Research Institution: Okayama University
• Principal Investigator: EGUSA Masahiko 岡山大学, 大学病院, 教授 (90243485)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): MORITA Manabu 岡山大学, 大学院医歯薬学総合研究科, 教授 (40157904) ; MORI Takayuki 岡山大学, 大学病院, 助教 (90274000)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 障害者 / 地域医療連携 / クリニカルパス / 口腔のQOL

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We have been engaged in the development and application of community-liaison clinical pathways (path) to support the provision of optimal dental services at minimum cost to individuals with disabilities. For the development of community-based medicine, liaison between community-based dental service providers and advanced medical institutions may be necessary. In order to enable patients to visit nearby facilities for treatment, and smoothly refer them to other institutions, it may be particularly important to increase the number of dental service providers who can competently treat individuals with disabilities. Holding seminars on dentistry to treat individuals with disabilities for those engaged in dental services in the community to enhance their knowledge of disabilities and the role of community-liaison clinical pathways may be an initial step toward it.

Free Research Field

障害者歯科学