Oral hygiene caregivers’ educational programme improves oral health conditions in institutionalised independent and functional elderly

Abstract

The oral hygiene education programme for caregivers resulted in a positive impact on oral hygiene of the independent and functional elderly.

Effect of oral health education programs for caregivers on oral hygiene of the elderly: A systemic review and meta-analysis

“…1) (Boczko et al, 2009;Frenkel et al, 2001;Isaksson et al, 2000;Nicol et al, 2005;Portella et al, 2013). Four of the twelve excluded studies did not provide quantitative data of the outcome of interest MacEntee et al, 2007;Simons et al, 2000;Sjogren et al, 2010).…”

“…Two articles described the effects of an educational program on oral health provided to the elderly, not to the caregivers (Little et al, 1997;Persson et al, 1998) and two articles were review articles (Watt and Marinho 2005;Stein and Henry, 2009). The five included studies reported the effect of the caregivers' oral health education on the oral health status of 602 combined elderly residents (Boczko et al, 2009;Frenkel et al, 2001;Isaksson et al, 2000;Nicol et al, 2005;Portella et al, 2013).…”

“…The educational programs given to caregivers covered oral health, oral hygiene, dental diseases, common risk factors, and oral hygiene instruction. Four of the five educational programs included demonstrations of proper oral care and an interactive instructional period (Boczko et al, 2009;Frenkel et al, 2001;Nicol et al, 2005;Portella et al, 2013) using models and manikins. The program in the Broczko et al study also included discussions on overlooked patients and residents with behavior problems (Boczko et al, 2009).…”

“…The program in the Nicol study (Nicol et al, 2005) also included discussion time between the caregivers and residents to discuss common oral conditions and oral health challenges of the residents. The teachers of the programs ranged from a professor and dental students (Portella et al, 2013), two speech language pathologists (Boczko et al, 2009), dentist and/or dental hygienists (Isaksson et al, 2000;Nicol et al, 2005), or a health promoter trained in dental and oral care (Frenkel et al, 2001). The length of the educational program ranged from 1 h (Boczko et al, 2009) to 4 h (Isaksson et al, 2000).…”

“…The length of the educational program ranged from 1 h (Boczko et al, 2009) to 4 h (Isaksson et al, 2000). According to Newcastle-Ottawa Scale, four studies (Boczko et al, 2009;Isaksson et al, 2000;Nicol et al, 2005;Portella et al, 2013) provided pre and post oral health evaluations of the patients by the educated caregivers and were considered moderate quality. The Frenkel et al study (Frenkel et al, 2001) used a randomized clinical trial (RCT) design and had a higher quality assessment.…”