Effectiveness of a Caregiver Education Program on Providing Oral Care to Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Effectiveness of a Caregiver Education Program on Providing Oral Care to Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
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DOI：
10.1352/1934-9556-50.3.219
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发表时间：
2012-06-01
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Ross, Diana
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作者：
Fickert, Nancy A.;Ross, Diana
在社区生活安排或中间护理设施工作的护理人员负责智力和发育残疾者的口腔卫生。许多组织都没有口腔卫生培训计划，尽管人们对这一人群的口腔护理感到担忧。本研究的目的是确定照顾者教育计划的有效性。本研究采用准实验的单组前测/后测设计，重复测量，以描述教育计划的结果。项目参与者相互展示口腔卫生技能，同时由训练有素的观察员进行评分，之后他们完成了口腔卫生依从性调查。三个月后，随访包括相同的后测，口腔卫生技能的演示，并重复的依从性调查。口腔卫生知识的配对样本t检验显示，从前测到后测，从前测到三个月后测，有统计学意义的改善。口腔卫生技能和依从性得到改善。结果表明，护理人员的教育，提高知识，技能和遵守口腔卫生的证据。需要进一步的研究来证明为智力和发育障碍者的护理人员提供口腔卫生教育和培训的价值。
Caregivers who work in community living arrangements or intermediate care facilities are responsible for the oral hygiene of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Oral hygiene training programs do not exist in many organizations, despite concerns about the oral care of this population. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a caregiver educational program. This study used a quasi-experimental one-group pretest/posttest design with repeated measures to describe the outcomes of an educational program. Program participants demonstrated oral hygiene skills on each other while being scored by a trained observer, after which they completed an oral hygiene compliance survey. After three months, a follow-up included the same posttest, demonstration of oral hygiene skills, and repeat of the compliance survey. Paired-sample t-tests of oral hygiene knowledge showed a statistically significant improvement from pretest to posttest and from pretest to three-month posttest. Oral hygiene skills and compliance improved. Results demonstrate evidence that caregiver education improves knowledge, skill, and compliance in oral hygiene. Further studies are required to demonstrate the value of providing oral hygiene education and training for caregivers of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.