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Dental Hygienist Support Promotes Good Oral Health in Nursing Homes

NCT02676453 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 31

Last updated 2016-02-08

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Summary

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of dental hygienist support on oral health and attitudes to oral healthcare in nursing homes for older people.

Background: Studies in long-term care facilities have indicated that oral health is often unsatisfactory. It is important that nursing staff are able to assist dependent care recipients. Dental hygienist support has been suggested as valuable help.

Material and methods: Two nursing homes were randomly selected for intervention and control. Interventions included weekly support from dental hygienists on oral hygiene procedures, prescriptions for individual oral hygiene procedures, and oral care organisational issues. The residents' oral health, measured by dental plaque levels, gingival bleeding and the Revised Oral Assessment Guide (ROAG), was evaluated before and after three months. Attitudes among the staff to oral healthcare were collected through a questionnaire.

Conditions

  • Impaired Health

Interventions

OTHER

Intervention

Dental hygienist support

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Karolinska Institutet

    collaborator OTHER

  • Public Dental Health, Varmland

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Inger Wårdh, DdS, PhD · Karolinska Institutet

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-09-30
Primary Completion
2015-04-30
Completion
2015-04-30

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