Community Dental Health

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Cover Date:
September 2014
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0265 539X
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31
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3

The significance of motivation in periodontal treatment: The influence of adult patients’ motivation on the clinical periodontal status

Community Dental Health (2014) 31, 183–187 Received 12 July 2013; Accepted 23 May 2014

© BASCD 2014 doi:10.1922/CDH_3253Gajewska05

The significance of motivation in periodontal treatment: The influence of adult patients’ motivation on the clinical periodontal status

Motivation plays an important role in the treatment process of chronic diseases, as treatment requires behavioural change and lifelong adherence to medical recommendations. Periodontitis is a good example of such health condition as to maintain good periodontal health patients have to adhere to a strict oral hygiene regimen. Objective: To examine whether the motivation of patients suffering from chronic periodontitis influences their clinical periodontal condition. Basic research design: Cross sectional study. Clinical setting: Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Dental University Clinic, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland. Participants: 199 adult periodontal patients, aged 20–78 years. Interventions: Questionnaire concerning patients’ medical and dental history, modified Żychlińscy motivation assessment questionnaire, clinical periodontal examination. Main outcome measures: The extent of motivation. Periodontal status evaluated with the use of periodontal indices (API, BOP, CPITN). Results: The mean motivation score was 57.4. The mean API and BOP values were 55.7% and 46.4%, respectively. For most of the patients the recorded CPITN value was 3. Correlations were observed between motivation and both API and BOP, and between API and BOP. Conclusion: Periodontal patients with greater motivation having better oral health (lower API and BOP) suggests an influence on the quality of their self-management of the disease (i.e. adherence to their oral hygiene regimen).

Key words: motivation, periodontal disease, chronic disease, Poland

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Authors
Z. Oruba, A. Pac, I. Olszewska–Czyż, M. Chomyszyn-Gajewska

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