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Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Clinical Outcomes and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life after Periodontal Treatment with Community Health Worker Strategy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Controlled Study.

Yuan-Jung Hsu, Yi-Hui Chen, Kun-Der Lin, Mei-Yueh Lee, Yu-Li Lee, Chih-Kai Yu, Yuji Kabasawa, Hsiao-Ling Huang

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Trial report in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Yuan-Jung HsuSchool of Dentistry, College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-1330-7525
Yi-Hui ChenDental Department, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung 80756, Taiwan.
Kun-Der LinDepartment of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-1148-5915
Mei-Yueh LeeDivision of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung 80756, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0001-8950-064X
Yu-Li LeeDivision of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Cishan Hospital, Kaohsiung 84247, Taiwan.
Chih-Kai YuDental Department, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung 81267, Taiwan.
Yuji KabasawaOral Care for Systemic Health Support, Faculty of Dentistry, School of Oral Health Care Sciences, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113-8510, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-6485-5847
Hsiao-Ling HuangDepartment of Oral Hygiene, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-1180-9011

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interventions engaging community health workers (CHW) for diabetes management aim to improve diabetes care and self-management behaviors among patients. We evaluated the effects of nonsurgical periodontal treatment (NSPT) with the CHW strategy on oral self-care behaviors, periodontal status and oral health-related quality of life (OHQoL) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The participants were randomly assigned to experimental (EG;

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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2Self-ManagementCommunity Health WorkersHumansQuality of LifeTreatment Outcomecommunity health workersperiodontal diseasequality of lifetype 2 diabetes mellitus

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PMID34444121
PMCPMC8394731

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