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Effects of Domiciliary Professional Oral Care for Care-Dependent Elderly in Nursing Homes – Oral Hygiene, Gingival Bleeding, Root Caries and Nursing Staff’s Oral Health Knowledge and Attitudes by Caroline Girestam Croonquist; Jesper Dalum; Pia Skott; Petteri Sjögren; Inger Wårdh; Elisabeth Morén is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Purpose The primary aim was to describe the effects for nursing home residents of monthly professional cleaning and individual oral hygiene instruction provided by registered dental hygienists (RDHs), in comparison with daily oral care as usual. The secondary aim was to study the knowledge and attitudes among nursing staff regarding oral health care and needs. ## Patients and Methods In this randomised controlled trial (RCT), 146 residents were recruited from nine nursing homes in Regions of Stockholm and Sörmland and were randomly assigned (on nursing home level) to either intervention group (I; n=72) or control group (C; n=74). Group I received monthly professional cleaning, individual oral hygiene instructions and information given by an RDH. Group C proceeded with daily oral care as usual (self-performed or nursing staff-assisted). Oral health-related data was registered with the mucosal-plaque score index (MPS), the modified sulcus bleeding index (MSB), and root caries. The nursing staff’s attitudes and knowledge were analysed at baseline and at six-month follow-up. Statistical analysis was performed by Fisher’s exact test and two-way variance analysis (ANOVA). ## Results I
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- Author
- Caroline Girestam Croonquist; Jesper Dalum; Pia Skott; Petteri Sjögren; Inger Wårdh; Elisabeth Morén
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)