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ArticleBMC nursing2022

Interventions supporting community nurses in the provision of Oral healthcare to people living at home: a scoping review.

Patrick Stark, Gerry McKenna, Christine Brown Wilson, Georgios Tsakos, Paul Brocklehurst, Caroline Lappin, Barry Quinn, Gary Mitchell

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Article in BMC nursing, 2022. 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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9citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Patrick StarkSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Gerry McKennaCentre for Public Health, Belfast, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Christine Brown WilsonSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Georgios TsakosDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK.
Paul BrocklehurstSchool of Health Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, UK.
Caroline LappinDepartment of Health, Castle Buildings, Stormont, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Barry QuinnSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Gary MitchellSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Gary.Mitchell@qub.ac.uk.
Bangor University · GBUniversity College London · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOral health is a critical issue for public health and poor oral health is associated with significant chronic health conditions and lower quality of life. There has been little focus on providing oral health care to people who receive care in their own homes, despite the high risk of poor oral health in older people. Nurses practicing in the community are well placed to deliver this care, but little is known about how to build this capability through education or training interventions.

methodsA scoping review methodology was employed to find and review studies of oral health interventions involving populations of people receiving care in their own home or those nurses who deliver this care. The research question asked what previous research tells us about oral health interventions delivered by nurses in the community. Data was extracted for four areas: setting and type of intervention, patient outcomes, changes to nursing practice and implementation and process evaluations of interventions.

resultsTwo thousand eighty papers were found from the searches, and only nine were ultimately deemed eligible for inclusion in the review. Included studies spanned community nursing for older people (n = 3) and health visiting or community nursing for children and infants (n = 6). Patient outcomes were generally positive, but this is based on a low level of evidence. Changes to practice including increased oral health care administered by nurses were found, but this required professional support to be sustainable.

conclusionsThis review has found that there is a clear gap in the research around interventions designed to be used by community nurses to improve oral health care for people receiving care in their own homes. The results also suggest that any future intervention must make use of a participatory, co-design approach and consider the complex setting of nursing practice in the community and the barriers to delivering this care, such as time pressure and lack of prior experience.

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Community nursesCommunity nursingHome careInterventionsOral careOral healthScoping review

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PMID36199087
PMCPMC9533519
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