Evaluation of an Interprofessional Oral Health Assessment Activity in Advanced Practice Nursing Education

Estes, Krista R.; Callanan, Deidre; Rai, Nayanjot; Plunkett, Katie; Brunson, Diane; Tiwari, Tamanna

doi:10.21815/jde.018.103

Cited by 10 publications

(13 citation statements)

References 14 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…While challenges remain in coordinating curricula across disciplines to facilitate students' involvement in IPE initiatives, providing nursing students with opportunities to include oral health assessments in their assessment of overall body function would significantly improve the health outcomes of older people [32,58]. IPE models have been implemented successfully in many graduate nursing programs in addition to undergraduate nursing programs [46,[59][60][61][62][63]. The "Smile for Life-National Oral Health Curriculum" has been popular with graduate nursing students [17,59,[62][63][64].…”

Section: Summary Of Evidencementioning

confidence: 99%

Incorporating oral health care education in undergraduate nursing curricula - a systematic review

Bhagat

Hoang²,

Crocombe³

et al. 2020

BMC Nurs

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background: The recognised relationship between oral health and general health, the rapidly increasing older population worldwide, and changes in the type of oral health care older people require have raised concerns for policymakers and health professionals. Nurses play a leading role in holistic and interprofessional care that supports health and ageing. It is essential to understand their preparation for providing oral health care. Objective: To synthesise the evidence on nursing students' attitudes towards, and knowledge of, oral healthcare, with a view to determining whether oral health education should be incorporated in nursing education. Methods: Data sources: Three electronic databases-PubMed, Scopus, and CINAHL. Study eligibility criteria, participants and interventions: Original studies addressing the research objective, written in English, published between 2008 and 2019, including students and educators in undergraduate nursing programs as participants, and conducted in Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development countries. Study appraisal and synthesis methods: Data extracted from identified studies were thematically analysed, and quality assessment was done using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool. Results: From a pool of 567 articles, 11 met the eligibility criteria. Findings documented five important themes: 1.) nursing students' limited oral health knowledge; 2.) their varying attitudes towards providing oral health care; 3.) the need for further oral health education in nursing curricula; 4.) available learning resources to promote oral health; and 5.) the value of an interprofessional education approach to promote oral health care in nursing programs. Limitations: The identified studies recruited small samples, used self-report questionnaires and were conducted primarily in the United States. Conclusions: The adoption of an interprofessional education approach with a focus on providing effective oral health care, particularly for older people, needs to be integrated into regular nursing education, and practice. This may increase the interest and skills of nursing students in providing oral health care. However, more rigorous studies are required to confirm this. Nursing graduates skilled in providing oral health care and interprofessional practice have the potential to improve the oral and general health of older people.

show abstract

Section: Summary Of Evidencementioning

confidence: 99%

Incorporating oral health care education in undergraduate nursing curricula - a systematic review

Bhagat

Hoang²,

Crocombe³

et al. 2020

BMC Nurs

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…In addition to specific ohr-interRAI training programs, the attention for oral health in the training of healthcare students needs to be increased as well. Current curricula of nursing students often cover the topic insufficiently, but it was repeatedly shown that particularly inter-professional education is suited to improve oral health-related knowledge, competence, and confidence among nursing students [54][55][56][57].…”

Section: Interpretation Of the Results And Future Prospectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessment of oral health in older adults by non-dental professional caregivers—development and validation of a photograph-supported oral health–related section for the interRAI suite of instruments

et al. 2020

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Objectives An optimized oral health-related section and a video training were developed and validated for the interRAI suite of instruments. The latter is completed by professional non-dental caregivers and used in more than 40 countries to assess care needs of older adults. Methods The optimized oral health–related section (ohr-interRAI) consists of nine items and a video training that were developed in consecutive phases. To evaluate psychometric properties, a study was conducted in 260 long-term care residents. Each resident was assessed by a dentist and by four caregivers (two who received the video training, two who did not). Results Mean kappa values and percent agreement between caregivers and dentist ranged between κ = 0.60 (80.2%) for dry mouth and κ = 0.13 (54.0%) for oral hygiene. The highest inter-caregiver agreement was found for dry mouth with κ = 0.63 [95% CI: 0.56–0.70] (81.6%), while for the item palate/lips/cheeks only κ = 0.27 [95% CI: 0.18–0.36] (76.7%) was achieved. Intra-caregiver agreement ranged between κ = 0.93 [95% CI: 0.79–1.00] (96.4%) for dry mouth and κ = 0.45 [95% CI: 0.06-0.84] (82.8%) for gums. Logistic regression analysis showed only small differences between caregivers who watched the video training and those who did not. Conclusions Psychometric properties of the optimized ohr-interRAI section were improved compared to previous versions. Nevertheless, particularly the items based on inspection of the mouth require further refinement and caregiver training needs to be improved. Clinical Relevance Valid assessment of oral health by professional caregivers is essential due to the impaired accessibility of regular dental care for care-dependent older adults.

show abstract

“…The students' confidence in oral assessment performance improved in all assessment categories after the educational programmes; therefore, these programmes might be effective in facilitating performance improvement. A previous study of an interprofessional oral health assessment educational programme, in which dental faculty and students taught nursing students, reported that the students' confidence in performing oral assessments improved after the programmes (Estes et al, ). On the other hand, the educational programmes for oral assessment offered for nurses were not effective in improving the nurses' confidence (Haresaku et al, ).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There were also some studies regarding the effects of interprofessional education that specialized in improving nurses' oral assessment performance (Andersson et al, 2002;Aoki et al, 2018;Chalmers et al, 2005;Coan, Wijesuriya, & Seibert, 2019;Eilers et al, 1988;Haresaku et al, 2018b;Munoz, Touger-Decker, Byham-Gray, & Maillet, 2009;Tsukada et al, 2017). In addition, a previous study of nursing students reported that their confidence in oral assessment performance was improved after the oral assessment interprofessional education programmes (Estes et al, 2018). However, there were no studies regarding the effect of interprofessional education programmes that specialized in improving nursing students' abilities to perform oral assessments and their selforal assessment performance.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effect of interprofessional education on oral assessment performance of nursing students

Haresaku

Miyoshi

Kubota

et al. 2019

Clinical & Exp Dental Res

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Objectives The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of interprofessional educational programmes on the improvement of nursing students' oral assessment performances by comparing their attitudes, confidence, abilities, and self‐performance before and after the education. Materials and methods The subjects included 112 first‐year nursing students in a Japanese nursing school. They participated in the oral assessment educational programmes, which were supported by dentists and introduced into the 1‐year curriculum. The first programme was a 1.5‐hr lecture with a self‐oral assessment training in May 2018, and the second was a 1‐hr oral assessment training in October 2018. The questionnaire surveys investigating nursing students' attitudes, confidence, and self‐performance regarding oral assessment and the tests measuring their oral assessment abilities were conducted before and after the programmes. The total scores on the tests were 0–9 points. Results A total of 101 (90.2%) nursing students responded to all the questionnaires and tests. Their attitudes and confidence regarding oral assessment were significantly improved after the programmes. The total average scores on the tests were significantly increased from 6.8 points at baseline to 7.9 points after the programmes. The percentage of their performance of self‐oral assessment every day significantly increased from 15.8% at baseline to 32.7% after the programmes. Conclusions These results suggested that the educational programme might be effective in improving not only the students' attitudes and confidence regarding oral assessment but also their oral assessment abilities and self‐oral assessment performance. Therefore, future programmes must focus on training them to improve oral health care referrals.

show abstract

Evaluation of an Interprofessional Oral Health Assessment Activity in Advanced Practice Nursing Education

Cited by 10 publications

References 14 publications

Incorporating oral health care education in undergraduate nursing curricula - a systematic review

Incorporating oral health care education in undergraduate nursing curricula - a systematic review

Assessment of oral health in older adults by non-dental professional caregivers—development and validation of a photograph-supported oral health–related section for the interRAI suite of instruments

Effect of interprofessional education on oral assessment performance of nursing students

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About