Survey of health care personnel's attitudes toward oral hygiene in long-term care facilities in Finland.
Spec Care Dentist
; 39(6): 557-563, 2019 Nov.
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| ID: mdl-31633206
ABSTRACT
AIM:
To survey long-term residences' health care personnel's opinions and attitudes toward maintenance of older adults' daily oral hygiene. METHODS ANDRESULTS:
The survey was directed to the health care personnel of three long-term care facilities in Helsinki, Finland. We analyzed the survey responses focusing on opinions and attitudes toward older adults' daily oral hygiene. To measure this aspect, a scoring system was developed. When the analysis was based on two specific statements, 60% of responding members of health care personnel had a negative attitude toward older adults' oral hygiene. They tended to experience more refusals when assisting oral hygiene measures, more often experienced a lack of time, and were willing to get more training related to the task.CONCLUSION:
The health care personnel of long-term care facilities considered older adults' oral health important. Members of the health care personnel who showed a negative attitude with our scoring system toward older adults' daily oral hygiene indicated in their questionnaire responses the need for additional training and additional time for the task.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Higiene Bucal
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Assistência de Longa Duração
Limite:
Aged
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Spec Care Dentist
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Finlândia