著者

溝口 優 桑野 紗子 鈴木 育子 重山 昌人

出版者

公益社団法人 日本薬学会

雑誌

YAKUGAKU ZASSHI (ISSN:00316903)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.136, no.12, pp.1657-1666, 2016 (Released:2016-12-01)

参考文献数

13

被引用文献数

1

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Although the removal of bacteria in the oral cavity is regarded as an important preventive measure against pneumonia, the majority of elderly individuals are rarely provided with oral care-related information. This study examined the usefulness of oral care-related information provision for the elderly by pharmacists working at drugstores. A questionnaire survey was conducted, involving 387 pharmacists working at drugstores and 51 elderly individuals who visited such stores. Oral care-related information had been actively provided by 14.5% of the pharmacists, and 62.5% of all oral care products were being sold as care products. When focusing on the elderly, 70.6% showed interest in oral care, but the proportion of those who had performed self-care to promote such health was limited to 5.9%. After being provided with oral care-information, 97.6% answered “I wish to regularly perform oral self-care”, and 86.3% regarded oral care-related information provision by pharmacists as “very useful”. The results of this study demonstrate the usefulness of information provision by pharmacists at drugstores to promote oral self-care among the elderly.