Mouth Care in Assisted Living: Potential Areas for Improvement.
Mouth Care in Assisted Living: Potential Areas for Improvement.
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辅助生活中的口腔护理:改进的潜在领域。
DOI:
10.1016/j.jamda.2020.11.038
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发表时间:
2021-06
影响因子:
7.6
通讯作者:
Zimmerman S
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文献类型:
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作者:
Kistler CE;Scott J;Ward K;Zeigler R;Sullivan L;Tomlinson SE;Wretman CJ;Zimmerman S
Poor oral care may lead to systemic disease, and there is evidence that assisted living (AL) residents lack quality oral care; in AL, poor care may be due to staff knowledge and attitudes, as well as organizational barriers to providing care. Determine AL staff knowledge and attitudes regarding mouth care and barriers to changing care Self-administered repeated-measures questionnaires completed before and after oral care training 2,012 direct care staff and administrators from 180 AL communities Nine knowledge questions and eight attitude and practice intention questions, and open-ended questions regarding training and obstacles to providing oral care Overall, 2012 participants completed pre-training questionnaires, and 1977 completed post-training questionnaires. Baseline knowledge was high, but staff were not uniformly aware of the systemic-oral link whereby mouth care impacts pneumonia and diabetes. Almost all staff reported learning a new technique (96%), including for residents who resist care (95%). Suggested areas to improve mouth care included having more hands-on experience. The primary perceived obstacles to care centered around residents who resist care and a lack of time. Based on reports of having benefitted from training, AL staff overwhelmingly noted that new knowledge was helpful, suggesting the benefit of skills-based training, especially in dementia care. Mouth care in AL has been sorely understudied, and merits additional attention. We report on potential areas to improve oral care in assisted living residents.
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影响因子:
3.2
作者:
Zimmerman S;Cohen LW;Reed D;Gwyther LP;Washington T;Cagle JG;Beeber AS;Sloane PD
通讯作者:
Sloane PD
影响因子:
5.7
作者:
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通讯作者:
Barrick, Ann Louise
影响因子:
3.2
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通讯作者:
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通讯作者:
Azuero, Andres
影响因子:
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作者:
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通讯作者:
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