ArticleBMC infectious diseases2020
The effect of oral care intervention on pneumonia hospitalization, Staphylococcus aureus distribution, and salivary bacterial concentration in Taiwan nursing home residents: a pilot study.
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Improvements in Pneumonia Status and Salivary Bacterial Concentration After Professional Oral Care Intervention in Taiwanese Nursing Home Residents
Effectiveness of Oral Management Strategies on Improving Oral Frailty and Oral Bacteria Among Middle-aged and Elderly Hospitalized Adults With Pneumonia
Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- The impact of professional oral health care on the oral health of older people: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC oral health · 2024Pooled it
- Oral care measures for preventing nursing home-acquired pneumonia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of hypochlorous acid mouthwash on salivary bacteria including Staphylococcus aureus in patients with periodontal disease: a randomized controlled trial.BMC oral health · 2023Trial
- Pneumonia Risk in Institutionalized Older Adults With Severe Functional Dependency: An Exploratory Analysis Using Standardized Long-Term Care Assessment Data.Geriatrics & gerontology international · 2026Observational
- Exploring the impact of oral health and vaccination on pneumonia-causing bacteria: insights from predictive modeling.BMC research notes · 2026Article
- Clinical and nursing correlates of severity among chronically ill adults with aspiration pneumonia in Saudi Arabia: A retrospective cross-sectional study.Belitung nursing journal · 2026Article
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- Oral health assessment in institutionalized elderly: a scoping review.BMC oral health · 2024Article
- Significant enhancement of swallowing function and oral hygiene following multidisciplinary team nursing in tongue cancer patients after radical resection.American journal of translational research · 2024Article
- Temporal dynamics of oropharyngeal microbiome among SARS-CoV-2 patients reveals continued dysbiosis even after Viral Clearance.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2022Article
- The Role of Dysbiosis in Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19 and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Review
- Relationships Between Oral Microecosystem and Respiratory Diseases.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundElevated Staphylococcus aureus and oral bacterial concentrations are known to correlate with pneumonia hospitalization in nursing home residents. However, the effects of a professional oral care intervention on these factors remain unclear. The aims of this quasi-experimental study were to compare bacterial concentrations in saliva and sputum, oral health status, distribution of Staphylococcus aureus, and pneumonia status before and after a professional oral care intervention.
methodsA purposive sample of residents from two nursing homes was divided into an intervention group that received a weekly professional oral care intervention and a control group. Oral bacterial concentration was determined by real-time polymerase chain reaction. The Staphylococcus aureus distribution was determined by bacterial culture and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry. After data collection, a statistical analysis was performed to evaluate the effect of the intervention.
resultsMost residents were unconscious (80%), and most had a history of pneumonia (76%). Baseline demographic data did not significantly differ between the two groups. After the intervention, the intervention group had significant improvements in plaque index (1.66 ± 0.78 vs. 0.94 ± 0.64, p < 0.01), gingival index (2.36 ± 0.76 vs. 1.65 ± 0.83, p < 0.01), tongue coating index (0.96 ± 1.10 vs. 0.16 ± 0.47, p < 0.01), distribution of Staphylococcus aureus in salivary samples (11.11 ± 14.47% vs. 1.74 ± 3.75%, p = 0.02), and salivary bacterial concentration ([4.27 ± 3.65] × 10
conclusionA professional oral care intervention in nursing home residents can improve oral health, reduce levels of salivary bacteria and Staphylococcus aureus, and decrease the annual prevalence of pneumonia hospitalization.
trial registrationTrial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03874962. Registered 12 March 2019 - Retrospectively registered.
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