Recall of an oral health education programme by nursing personnel in special housing facilities for the elderly

• Published in: Gerodontology 2001-07, Vol.18 (1), p.7-14
• Main Authors: Paulsson, Gun, Söderfeldt, Björn, Fridlund, Bengt, Nederfors, Tommy
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Attitude of Health Personnel; Attitude to Health; Caregivers - education; Caring sciences; Clinical Competence; Cross-Sectional Studies; dental health education; Dentistry; Education; Education, Nursing; Follow-Up Studies; Health Education, Dental; Homes for the Aged; Humans; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; Mental Recall; Nurses; Nurses' Aides - education; Nursing; Nursing education; Nursing Staff - education; Omvårdnad; oral health education; Oral Hygiene; oral hygiene education; Pedagogik; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; Self Concept; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Socialvetenskap; Statistics, Nonparametric; Surveys and Questionnaires; Sweden; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN; Vårdpedagogik; Vårdvetenskap
• ISSN: 0734-0664; 1741-2358; 1741-2358
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-2358.2001.00007.x

Objectives: To investigate the recall of oral health knowledge and confidence by nursing personnel in special housing facilities for the elderly, three years after an education programme. Design: A cross sectional design using a questionnaire. Sample: All nursing personnel, a total of 2,901 subjects, in five municipalities in south‐western Sweden; of whom 950 had attended the programme. The response rate was 67% (1930 subjects). Intervention: An oral health education programme consisting of four one‐hour lessons. Results: The oral health education programme still had an effect on the participants' attitudes towards oral health three years later. When comparing the trained group (OHEP+) which attended the programme with those who did not have training (OHEP‐), the perceived ability, opportunity and the knowledge of oral health were significantly better in the former group, p