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Evaluation of an Oral Hygiene Education Program for Staff Providing Long-Term Care Services: A Mixed Methods Study
Background: Oral hygiene is often neglected in clients receiving long-term care, suggesting that long-term care workers require formal oral hygiene education. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of oral hygiene education on long-term care workers. Methods: This study utilized...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7345339/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32575587 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17124429 |
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author | Wu, Shang-Jung Wang, Chun-Chieh Kuo, Shu-Chen Shieh, Shwn-Huey Hwu, Yueh-Juen |
author_facet | Wu, Shang-Jung Wang, Chun-Chieh Kuo, Shu-Chen Shieh, Shwn-Huey Hwu, Yueh-Juen |
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description | Background: Oral hygiene is often neglected in clients receiving long-term care, suggesting that long-term care workers require formal oral hygiene education. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of oral hygiene education on long-term care workers. Methods: This study utilized a mixed methods design. Eighty long-term care workers were recruited for participation in the oral hygiene education program, which employed three teaching methods: narration with multimedia presentation, demonstration, and teach-back. The effect of the education program on the participants’ level of oral hygiene knowledge, attitudes, and skills was measured using a structured questionnaire that was administered both pre- and post-delivery of the education program. Three months later, all participants submitted a self-report of their oral hygiene skills, and six participants completed a telephone interview. Quantitative data were analyzed using paired t-tests, and qualitative data were manually analyzed and coded. Results: Scores of oral hygiene knowledge (p < 0.001), attitudes (p = 0.001), and oral cleaning daily frequency for clients (p < 0.001), were significantly higher three months after undertaking the educational program. Conclusions: This preliminary study suggests that oral hygiene education may be effective in improving oral hygiene knowledge, attitudes, and skills among long-term care staff. |
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spelling | pubmed-73453392020-07-09 Evaluation of an Oral Hygiene Education Program for Staff Providing Long-Term Care Services: A Mixed Methods Study Wu, Shang-Jung Wang, Chun-Chieh Kuo, Shu-Chen Shieh, Shwn-Huey Hwu, Yueh-Juen Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: Oral hygiene is often neglected in clients receiving long-term care, suggesting that long-term care workers require formal oral hygiene education. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of oral hygiene education on long-term care workers. Methods: This study utilized a mixed methods design. Eighty long-term care workers were recruited for participation in the oral hygiene education program, which employed three teaching methods: narration with multimedia presentation, demonstration, and teach-back. The effect of the education program on the participants’ level of oral hygiene knowledge, attitudes, and skills was measured using a structured questionnaire that was administered both pre- and post-delivery of the education program. Three months later, all participants submitted a self-report of their oral hygiene skills, and six participants completed a telephone interview. Quantitative data were analyzed using paired t-tests, and qualitative data were manually analyzed and coded. Results: Scores of oral hygiene knowledge (p < 0.001), attitudes (p = 0.001), and oral cleaning daily frequency for clients (p < 0.001), were significantly higher three months after undertaking the educational program. Conclusions: This preliminary study suggests that oral hygiene education may be effective in improving oral hygiene knowledge, attitudes, and skills among long-term care staff. MDPI 2020-06-19 2020-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7345339/ /pubmed/32575587 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17124429 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Wu, Shang-Jung Wang, Chun-Chieh Kuo, Shu-Chen Shieh, Shwn-Huey Hwu, Yueh-Juen Evaluation of an Oral Hygiene Education Program for Staff Providing Long-Term Care Services: A Mixed Methods Study |
title | Evaluation of an Oral Hygiene Education Program for Staff Providing Long-Term Care Services: A Mixed Methods Study |
title_full | Evaluation of an Oral Hygiene Education Program for Staff Providing Long-Term Care Services: A Mixed Methods Study |
title_fullStr | Evaluation of an Oral Hygiene Education Program for Staff Providing Long-Term Care Services: A Mixed Methods Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of an Oral Hygiene Education Program for Staff Providing Long-Term Care Services: A Mixed Methods Study |
title_short | Evaluation of an Oral Hygiene Education Program for Staff Providing Long-Term Care Services: A Mixed Methods Study |
title_sort | evaluation of an oral hygiene education program for staff providing long-term care services: a mixed methods study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7345339/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32575587 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17124429 |
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