Dental Hygienist Support Promotes Good Oral Health in Nursing Homes

NCT02676453 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: VarmlandBL
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 31
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of dental hygienist support on oral health and attitudes to oral healthcare in nursing homes for older people. Background: Studies in long-term care facilities have indicated that oral health is often unsatisfactory. It is important that nursing staff are able to assist dependent care recipients. Dental hygienist support has been suggested as valuable help. Material and methods: Two nursing homes were randomly selected for intervention and control. Interventions included weekly support from dental hygienists on oral hygiene procedures, prescriptions for individual oral hygiene procedures, and oral care organisational issues. The residents' oral health, measured by dental plaque levels, gingival bleeding and the Revised Oral Assessment Guide (ROAG), was evaluated before and after three months. Attitudes among the staff to oral healthcare were collected through a questionnaire.

Conditions

Impaired Health

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Changes in dental plaque levels after three months

  Four surfaces (proximal, buccal and lingual surfaces) on each tooth is measured and regarding dental plaque in four levels.

  3 months

• Changes in gingival bleeding levels after three months

  Four surfaces (proximal, buccal and lingual surfaces) on each tooth is measured and regarding gingival bleeding in four levels.

  3 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Changes in Revised Oral Assessment Guide, ROAG, after 3 months

  3 months

Other Outcomes (2)

• Intervention staff evaluation of oral health care at baseline assessed with a questionnaire

  Only once at baseline

• Intervention staff evaluation of oral health care after 3 months assessed with a questionnaire

  3 months

Study Arms (2)

Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Dental hygienist support

Other: Intervention

control

NO INTERVENTION

Care as usal

Interventions

Intervention OTHER

Dental hygienist support

Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Residents at a nursing home
• Natural teeth

You may not qualify if:

• Edentulous

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Public Dental Health, Varmland: lead
• Karolinska Institutet: collaborator

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Methods

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Investigative Techniques

Study Officials

• Inger Wårdh, DdS, PhD

  Karolinska Institutet

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: TRIPLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER, INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 1, 2016
• First Posted: February 8, 2016
• Study Start: September 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: April 1, 2015
• Study Completion: April 1, 2015
• Last Updated: February 8, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share