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Oral Care Awareness and Factors Related to the Burden of Nurses at a Community Hospital in Japan

Objective: This cross-sectional study investigated the oral care knowledge, awareness, and challenges of 159 nurses and identified the factors related to the burden of oral care in Unnan City Hospital, Japan. Materials and Methods: This study included outpatient, ward, and operating room nurses who...

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Autores principales: Koike, Takashi, Ohta, Ryuichi, Matsuda, Yuhei, Sano, Chiaki, Kanno, Takahiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9223133/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35742124
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10061073
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author Koike, Takashi
Ohta, Ryuichi
Matsuda, Yuhei
Sano, Chiaki
Kanno, Takahiro
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Ohta, Ryuichi
Matsuda, Yuhei
Sano, Chiaki
Kanno, Takahiro
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description Objective: This cross-sectional study investigated the oral care knowledge, awareness, and challenges of 159 nurses and identified the factors related to the burden of oral care in Unnan City Hospital, Japan. Materials and Methods: This study included outpatient, ward, and operating room nurses who answered a questionnaire comprising 19 questions regarding awareness, actual implementation status of oral care provided, burden and learning experiences of oral care, and participants’ characteristics. A univariate regression model was used to assess whether catheterization was associated with the independent variables. Results: The number and rate of valid questionnaires were 134 and 87.6%, respectively. The mean years of clinical experience were 18.71 ± 12.02 years; 95.5% of the nurses were women. There were significant differences in the Oral Health-related Caregiver Burden Index among “interest in oral care” (p = 0.006), “priority of oral care” (p = 0.005), and “burden of oral care”. Conclusions: This study shows that nurses who are highly interested in oral care, prioritize oral care, and do not perceive oral care as a burden. Educational interventions, such as training sessions and direct guidance to solve challenges, are needed and can lead to improvements in the quality of life and advancement of health.
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spelling pubmed-92231332022-06-24 Oral Care Awareness and Factors Related to the Burden of Nurses at a Community Hospital in Japan Koike, Takashi Ohta, Ryuichi Matsuda, Yuhei Sano, Chiaki Kanno, Takahiro Healthcare (Basel) Article Objective: This cross-sectional study investigated the oral care knowledge, awareness, and challenges of 159 nurses and identified the factors related to the burden of oral care in Unnan City Hospital, Japan. Materials and Methods: This study included outpatient, ward, and operating room nurses who answered a questionnaire comprising 19 questions regarding awareness, actual implementation status of oral care provided, burden and learning experiences of oral care, and participants’ characteristics. A univariate regression model was used to assess whether catheterization was associated with the independent variables. Results: The number and rate of valid questionnaires were 134 and 87.6%, respectively. The mean years of clinical experience were 18.71 ± 12.02 years; 95.5% of the nurses were women. There were significant differences in the Oral Health-related Caregiver Burden Index among “interest in oral care” (p = 0.006), “priority of oral care” (p = 0.005), and “burden of oral care”. Conclusions: This study shows that nurses who are highly interested in oral care, prioritize oral care, and do not perceive oral care as a burden. Educational interventions, such as training sessions and direct guidance to solve challenges, are needed and can lead to improvements in the quality of life and advancement of health. MDPI 2022-06-09 /pmc/articles/PMC9223133/ /pubmed/35742124 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10061073 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_short Oral Care Awareness and Factors Related to the Burden of Nurses at a Community Hospital in Japan
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9223133/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35742124
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10061073
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