Attitudes and Knowledge of Oral Health Among Nursing Personnel

Oral Health care has been shown to have low priority among nursing personnel, especially among personnel with shorter education.

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Key information

Conditions

Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Attitude Behavior Oral Health

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Kristina Edman

Falun, Dalarna County, 79129, Sweden

About this study

As the population gets older and keep their natural teeth high up in age, in most cases throughout life, it is of importance to help the older maintain a good oral health when the cognitive functions and physical ability decreases. In 1999, a new dental care system was introduced with the aim to offer elderly with long-term need for extensive care, home visits for oral health assessment and, if necessary, be offered the necessary dental care. The aim was also to offer nursing personnel education and training in dental health and oral care, in order to provide and perform oral care. The effect of the education program has never been evaluated.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Nursing personnel in nursing home for elderly
Must be able to read and understand Swedish

Exclusion criteria

None

Treatment and study plan

Attitudes, knowledge

Other

To investigate attitudes and knowledge to oral Health and oral care

Primary outcomes

Attitudes to Oral Health and oral care

Time frame: February 2019

A questionnaire, Dental Coping Beliefs Scale (DCBS) will be used to investigate attitudes to, and knowledge of oral health among nursing staff caring for home-dwelling older people. DCBS investigates three dimensions; Locus of control (internal and external), self-efficacy and oral-health care believes.

Apart from descriptive statistics, a logistic regression model will be used to analyze the relationship between the sum scores for the factors Oral health care beliefs, Internal locus of control, External locus of control and background variables (age, work experience and earlier adjunct education).

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Dalarna County Council, Sweden

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2018
Primary completion: 2020
Study completion: 2020
First posted: Dec 18, 2017
Registry last updated: May 20, 2020

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