Abstract

AGUIRRE CORDOVA, Jackelym; PORRAS RODRIGUEZ, Diandra  and  RIOS VILLASIS, Katty. Educational intervention strategy oral health in patients from 6 to 32 years with Down Syndrome. Rev. Estomatol. Herediana [online]. 2015, vol.25, n.4, pp.262-267. ISSN 1019-4355.

Objectives: Design, implement and evaluate the application of collective v games adapted to Patients 6 to 32 years old with Down syndrome, as a strategy for Educational Intervention in Oral Health. Material and Methods: A comparative study, observational, longitudinal and prospective study was conducted; was the sample consisted of 50 patients aged 6 to 32 years of “Children’s Rehabilitation Institute and Special Education Child of Jesus Miracle” located in the city of Lima. Four collective games with educational component according to the psycho-pedagogical diagnosis, the contributions of the teachers and the pilot prior to the execution of the study was designed. They were implemented and executed the games in schools in an office of the medical side without interrupting daily activities. They attended by Age Group and a classroom Agreement, which was explained as Dynamics and Importance games each one. Results: A significant difference between the averages of the index Oral hygiene before and after the educational intervention (p <0.05) was found. Conclusions: The oral hygiene index decreased significantly after the educational intervention strategy.

Keywords : Down syndrome; educational strategy; oral health.

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