Attitudes and Knowledge of Oral Health Among Nursing Personnel

May 19, 2020 updated by: Kristina Edman, Dalarna County Council, Sweden
Oral Health care has been shown to have low priority among nursing personnel, especially among personnel with shorter education.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

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.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

4500

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Sweden
    • Dalarna
      • Falun, Dalarna, Sweden, 79129
        • Kristina Edman

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Probability Sample

Study Population

All nursing personnel in nursing home for elderly in the County of Dalarna Sweden.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

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

Exclusion Criteria:

- None

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
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).
February 2019

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Dalarna County Council, Sweden

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Kristina A Edman, PhD, Dalarna Public Dental Health

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

May 22, 2018

Primary Completion (Actual)

February 2, 2020

Study Completion (Actual)

February 2, 2020

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 20, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 15, 2017

First Posted (Actual)

December 18, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 20, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 19, 2020

Last Verified

May 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Nursing personnel, oral health

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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