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Trial reportClinical oral investigations2018

Effect of an oral healthcare programme on care staff knowledge and attitude regarding oral health: a non-randomised intervention trial.

B Janssens, J Vanobbergen, M Lambert, J M G A Schols, L De Visschere

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Trial report in Clinical oral investigations, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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25citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

B JanssensBENECOMO, Flemish-Netherlands Geriatric Oral Research Group, Ghent, Belgium. barbarae.janssens@ugent.be.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3490-0114
J VanobbergenBENECOMO, Flemish-Netherlands Geriatric Oral Research Group, Ghent, Belgium.
M LambertCommunity Dentistry and Oral Public Health, Dental School, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185 P8, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.
J M G A ScholsBENECOMO, Flemish-Netherlands Geriatric Oral Research Group, Ghent, Belgium.
L De VisschereBENECOMO, Flemish-Netherlands Geriatric Oral Research Group, Ghent, Belgium.
Ghent University Hospital · BEDepartment of Health Services · NPJanssen (Belgium) · BE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThe objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of an oral healthcare programme in nursing homes on care staff knowledge and attitude regarding oral health.

methodsThe study sample consisted of the nurses and nurses' aides from 63 nursing homes, which either received an oral healthcare programme including mobile dental care or were on a waiting list to receive this programme. A validated questionnaire completed at baseline and again after the study period assessed the care staff knowledge and attitude. Paired t test, independent t test, general linear and linear mixed models were used to examine the changes in attitude and knowledge scores.

resultsIn total, 546 questionnaires were completed by the same people from 36 nursing homes at baseline and on completion of the study. After the intervention period, knowledge significantly improved in both study groups (I p < 0.001; C p < 0.001), the intervention group significantly showing the largest increase (p < 0.001). The outcome variable attitude only showed a significant improvement in the intervention group (p < 0.001). The mixed models confirmed the impact of some aspects of the intervention on the attitude and the knowledge of the caregivers.

conclusionsThe oral healthcare programme including a mobile dental team resulted in a significant increase of the care staff knowledge and attitude regarding oral health. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: The integration of a dental professional team in nursing home organisations should be encouraged because it could be valuable to tackle barriers for the provision of daily oral hygiene and to support the continuous integration of oral health care into general care.

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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeMobile Health UnitsNursing HomesOral HealthAgedBelgiumDental Care for AgedFemaleHumansMaleNursesPatient Care TeamSurveys and QuestionnairesAttitudeDental care for agedKnowledgeMobile dental unitNursesNursing homes

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