Dental hygiene education for nursing staff in a nursing home for older people

kullberg e., sjögren p., forsell m., hoogstraate j., herbst b. & johansson o. (2010) Dental hygiene education for nursing staff in a nursing home for older people. Journal of Advanced Nursing 66(6), 1273–1279. Title.  Dental hygiene education for nursing staff in a nursing home for older people....

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Published in:Journal of advanced nursing 2010-06, Vol.66 (6), p.1273-1279
Main Authors: Kullberg, Erika, Sjögren, Petteri, Forsell, Marianne, Hoogstraate, Janet, Herbst, Bertil, Johansson, Olle
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Dental Health Surveys
dental hygiene
Dental Plaque - diagnosis
education
Female
gingivitis
Gingivitis - diagnosis
Health education
Homes for the Aged
Humans
Impact analysis
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
Nurses
Nursing
nursing home
Nursing Homes
nursing staff
Nursing Staff - education
Older people
Oral hygiene
Oral Hygiene - education
Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care)
Sweden
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Summary:kullberg e., sjögren p., forsell m., hoogstraate j., herbst b. & johansson o. (2010) Dental hygiene education for nursing staff in a nursing home for older people. Journal of Advanced Nursing 66(6), 1273–1279. Title.  Dental hygiene education for nursing staff in a nursing home for older people. Aim.  This paper is a report of a study evaluating the effect of a repeated education programme for nursing staff in a home for older people. Background.  A strong relationship exists between oral infections and general health complications (especially aspiration pneumonia) among nursing home residents and hospitalized older people. Thus, nursing staff need to be educated in oral hygiene measures. Methods.  Forty‐three nursing home resident older people (12 men, 31 women, age range 69–99 years) were included in a dental hygiene and gingivitis evaluation using gingival bleeding scores and modified plaque scores. Evaluation was conducted before and 3 weeks after a repeated dental hygiene education for nursing staff at a nursing home in Sweden in 2008. Dental hygiene education had been given 1·5 years previously. Findings.  Forty‐one residents (12 men and 29 women) were available for evaluation after the repeated dental hygiene education (one died, one had had teeth extracted). There was a reduction in gingival bleeding scores (P 
ISSN:0309-2402
1365-2648
1365-2648
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05298.x