Construction of oral care program for special needs education

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25590291
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Special needs education
• Research Institution: Kyushu University of Nursing and Social Welfare
• Principal Investigator: TSUTSUI MUTSUMI 九州看護福祉大学, 看護福祉学部, 准教授 (30589180)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): YAMAMOTO Satoko 皇学館大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (00586092) ; KOGA Yukiko 九州看護福祉大学, 看護福祉学部・口腔保健学科, 准教授 (30412779) ; KITADA Katsuhiro 九州看護福祉大学, 看護福祉学部・口腔保健学科, 准教授 (90195264)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: グレリン濃度変化 / 口腔内変化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We investigated the present status of oral care guidelines in special needs education and developed a new oral care program that included stretching and diaphragmatic breathing exercises that focused on relaxing the entire body.We conducted this program with 11 individuals with mental disabilities (mean age = 49.4 ± 13.7 years) for 3 months. We then evaluated their oral conditions and measured ghrelin concentrations (after breakfast, just before lunch, after lunch).After the program was implemented, significant differences in participants’ oral conditions, as compared to before program implementation, were observed; additionally, we observed changes in ghrelin concentrations.
Therefore, it appears that completion of the new oral care program resulted in changes in participants’ ghrelin concentrations

Free Research Field

障害者歯科