An oral hygiene board game was designed as an intervention tool and applied to explore the effectiveness for the oral health related knowledge (OHK) score and plaque index (PI) of adults with intellectual disability (ID). This one-group pre/post-test design study was conducted in a residential long-term care facility for 42 participants. The study had one pre-test (baseline) and three post-tests evaluated in both control and intervention stages, respectively. The participants participated in a 60-min oral hygiene board game twice a week during the intervention stage. Total OHK score and PI of the participants were recorded to determine the effectiveness of intervention. There were no differences in OHK score and PI between the two stages at baseline. The results in intervention stage demonstrated a significant gradual increase and reduction in the OHK score when compared with the control stage. A statistically significant improvement in the OHK score and PI (42.29% and −33.28%, respectively) at the end of intervention between two stages was recorded. This study proved a board game is deemed an effective education method applicable to promote the OHK and skills of ID adults.

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基于棋盘游戏的口腔卫生教育计划对智力障碍成年人口腔卫生知识和菌斑指数的有效性：一项初步研究

口腔卫生棋盘游戏被设计为一种干预工具，并被用于探讨成人智力障碍（ID）口腔健康相关知识（OHK）得分和菌斑指数（PI）的有效性。此一组前/后测试设计研究是在住宅长期护理机构中针对42位参与者进行的。该研究在对照和干预阶段分别进行了一项前测（基线）和三项后测。在干预阶段，参与者每周两次参加一次60分钟的口腔卫生棋盘游戏。记录参与者的OHK总得分和PI，以确定干预的有效性。基线的两个阶段之间的OHK得分和PI没有差异。与干预阶段相比，干预阶段的结果表明OHK评分有明显的逐渐增加和降低。记录了两个阶段之间干预结束时OHK评分和PI的统计学显着改善（分别为42.29％和-33.28％）。这项研究证明，棋盘游戏被认为是一种有效的教育方法，可用于推广OHK和ID成年人的技能。