Oral health knowledge, attitude and practices among nurses in a tertiary care hospital in Bangalore, India: a cross-sectional survey

Philip, Philcy; Villarosa, Amy R.; Gopinath, Anitha; Elizabeth, Carolin George; Norman, Gift; George, Ajesh

doi:10.1080/10376178.2019.1647790

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“…Therefore, more attention should be paid to the issue of OH in nursing curriculum [ 13 , 19 , 20 ]. Considering the importance of OH for the promotion and maintenance of public health and welfare [ 14 , 20 ], it is so necessary to maintain OH in people hospitalized to improve wellbeing outcomes and quality of life [ 21 ]. Besides, the negative consequences of poor OH in hospitalized patients are significant, specially in patients with an artificial airway [ 14 ].…”

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“…Besides, the negative consequences of poor OH in hospitalized patients are significant, specially in patients with an artificial airway [ 14 ]. Nurses, as primary care providers, need sufficient knowledge, positive attitude, and acceptable performance to be able to provide effective OH care [ 21 ]. This issue should be considered in nurses’ training programs.…”

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Nurses’ educational needs in the oral health of inpatients at Yazd Province in Iran: a Delphi study

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Background Oral hygiene is an integral part of general health of a person. Nurses qualified about oral care can play an important role in improving the quality of oral health in hospitalized patients. This study investigated the educational needs of nurses in the field of oral health of hospitalized patients. Methods The study used the modified Delphi method in three rounds. Fifty faculty members of the School of Dentistry and Nursing were selected via purposive sampling. The data collection tool was a demographic form and an open-ended questionnaire in the first round and a structured questionnaire in the next rounds. The analysis was performed using both content and descriptive analysis techniques. Results The top ten oral health education priorities for nurses were greater than 75% with a consensus level: oral anatomy and physiology, learning the signs and symptoms of common oral diseases, learning of oral medications and administration, learning the drugs that cause damage to the mouth and teeth, training in managing dental emergencies, patient education for tooth brushing and taking care of the mouth, especially in the elderly patient, providing oral and dental care, training for unconscious and fasting patients, undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and hospitalization in intensive care unit. Conclusion The findings of the study emphasized the need for interdisciplinary cooperation between nursing and dental professionals for the development of an oral health curriculum for nurses to promote and improve oral health and prevent dental diseases in hospitalized patients and the community.

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“…This study was one of the first studies to shed the light on the oral health literacy of the medical nurses. Previous studies focused on the oral health knowledge, attitude and behaviors amongst nurses in different settings [13][14][15][16][17][18] .…”

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“…A thorough literature review revealed no previous study that compared medical nurses to dental assistants in this regard. Several studies assess the dental knowledge for nurses in different settings and in different countries and revealed low level of oral health and dental knowledge among nurses [14][15][16][17][18][19] . Comparing the knowledge level between these studies and the current study might be difficult due to the heterogeneity of the methods used in assessing dental knowledge in these studies as most of the studies used questions to assess dental knowledge in comparison to the ability of the participants to label different dental-related pictures that was used in the current study.…”

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Measuring Oral Health Literacy for Nurses and Dental Assistants

Sabbahi

2020

Egyptian Dental Journal

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“…En tal sentido, la salud oral no se considera como uno de los deberes de las enfermeras en la práctica, pero son ellas quienes conocen a los niños y sus familias con regularidad. Por tanto, ellas pueden desempeñar un papel importante en la educación de la salud bucal, siempre que tengan el conocimiento adecuado 1,4 .…”

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Conocimiento y actitud de las enfermeras en la salud oral de infantes

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Tafur²

2020

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El actual incremento de enfermedades bucales en niños, es preocupante, a pesar que, existen estrategias de prevención y promoción de salud bucal, esto resulta insuficiente para cubrir las necesidades de los grupos vulnerables, ya que, no es el odontólogo con el que tienen mayor relación en su atención de salud, sino con la enfermera. Por tanto, su conocimiento y actitud puede permitir prevenir, detectar y derivar oportunamente los problemas de salud oral de los niños. El objetivo del estudio fue describir el estado del arte sobre el conocimiento y la actitud de las enfermeras en el cuidado de salud oral en infantes. Se realizó una búsqueda de artículos científicos en las bases de datos de Pub Med, Ebsco y Google Académico, se incluyeron artículos científicos indexados con una antigüedad máxima de cinco años, en idioma inglés, obteniéndose al final un total de 39 artículos que cumplieron los criterios de selección. Respecto al conocimiento y actitud de las enfermeras en salud oral infantil, se concluyó, que el conocimiento y la actitud eran deficientes, en diferentes lugares del mundo, a pesar que, durante su formación profesional reciben conocimientos acerca de estos temas. Asimismo, actualmente existe gran cantidad de evidencia científica relevante, de mucha utilidad para la labor de las enfermeras. Por consiguiente, requieren capacitación constante en temas de salud oral que le permita mejorar la calidad de atención del infante en el consultorio de crecimiento y desarrollo.

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Oral health knowledge, attitude and practices among nurses in a tertiary care hospital in Bangalore, India: a cross-sectional survey

Cited by 23 publications

References 31 publications

Nurses’ educational needs in the oral health of inpatients at Yazd Province in Iran: a Delphi study

Nurses’ educational needs in the oral health of inpatients at Yazd Province in Iran: a Delphi study

Measuring Oral Health Literacy for Nurses and Dental Assistants

Conocimiento y actitud de las enfermeras en la salud oral de infantes

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