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- Title
Hospitalisation impacts on oral hygiene: an audit of oral hygiene in a metropolitan health service.
- Authors
Danckert, Rachael; Ryan, Anna; Plummer, Virginia; Williams, Cylie
- Abstract
Background Poor oral health has been associated with systemic diseases, morbidity and mortality. Many patients in hospital environments are physically compromised and rely upon awareness and assistance from health professionals for the maintenance or improvement of their oral health. This study aimed to identify whether common individual and environment factors associated with hospitalisation impacted on oral hygiene. Methods Data were collected during point prevalence audits of patients in the acute and rehabilitation environments on three separate occasions. Data included demographic information, plaque score, presence of dental hygiene products, independence level and whether nurse assistance was documented in the health record. Results Data were collected for 199 patients. A higher plaque score was associated with not having a toothbrush (p = 0.002), being male (p = 0.007), being acutely unwell (p = 0.025) and requiring nursing assistance for oral hygiene (p = 0.002). There was fair agreement between the documentation of requiring assistance for oral care and the patient independently able to perform oral hygiene ( ICC = 0.22). Conclusion Oral hygiene was impacted by factors arising from hospitalisation, for those without a toothbrush and male patients of acute wards. Establishment of practices that increase awareness and promote good oral health should be prioritised.
- Subjects
AUDITING; DENTAL plaque; DENTIFRICES; HOSPITAL care; LENGTH of stay in hospitals; HOSPITAL wards; HOSPITALS; LIFE skills; ORAL hygiene; NURSING; NURSING records; PROBABILITY theory; REHABILITATION centers; RESEARCH evaluation; SCALE analysis (Psychology); STATISTICS; TOOTH care &; hygiene; TOOTHBRUSHES; MULTIPLE regression analysis; QUANTITATIVE research; CROSS-sectional method; DATA analysis software; FUNCTIONAL assessment; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; HOSPITAL nursing staff
- Publication
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 2016, Vol 30, Issue 1, p129
- ISSN
0283-9318
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/scs.12230