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  • Title: The significance of motivation in periodontal treatment: the influence of adult patients' motivation on the clinical periodontal status.
    Author: Oruba Z, Pac A, Olszewska-Czyż I, Chomyszyn-Gajewska M.
    Journal: Community Dent Health; 2014 Sep; 31(3):183-7. PubMed ID: 25300155.
    Abstract:
    UNLABELLED: 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 Zychlińscy 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).
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