Abstract | AIM: This paper is a report of a study evaluating the long-term effects on the oral hygiene status of older nursing home residents one and a half years after dental hygiene education was given to the staff. BACKGROUND: METHODS:
Dental plaque measurements were conducted at a Swedish nursing home in 2006-2008. Forty-one residents (12 men, 31 women, aged 69-99 years) fulfilled the inclusion criteria and participated in a dental hygiene evaluation 1.5 years after dental hygiene education was given to the staff at the nursing home. Plaque index scores (year 2008) were compared to those soon after the education (year 2006). FINDINGS: After the dental hygiene education in 2006, 60 nursing home residents (14 men, 46 women) were available for plaque index measurements, whereas 41 residents (12 men, 29 women) were available 1.5 years later. The median plaque index scores were 17.0 (n = 60) in 2006, and 18.0 (n = 41) in 2008 (Mann-Whitney U-test, P > 0.05). CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Petteri Sjögren, Erika Kullberg, Janet Hoogstraate, Olle Johansson, Bertil Herbst, Marianne Forsell |
Journal | Journal of advanced nursing
(J Adv Nurs)
Vol. 66
Issue 2
Pg. 345-9
(Feb 2010)
ISSN: 1365-2648 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 20423417
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Topics |
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Dental Health Surveys
- Dental Plaque
(diagnosis)
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Inservice Training
- Male
- Nursing Homes
- Nursing Staff
- Oral Hygiene
(education, nursing)
- Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care
- Statistics, Nonparametric
- Sweden
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