Oral care of people with disability: a qualitative exploration of the views of nursing staff
作者:
J.C. Weeks,
J. Fiske,
期刊:
Gerodontology
(WILEY Available online 1994)
卷期:
Volume 11,
issue 1
页码: 13-17
ISSN:0734-0664
年代: 1994
DOI:10.1111/j.1741-2358.1994.tb00097.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
关键词: oral care;carers;disability
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
This study aimed to identify influences, attitudes and actions of nursing staff in relation to oral care for people with disabilities. Individual in‐depth interviews of twenty two nursing staff were conducted. Enabling and inhibiting factors in the reported attitudes, approaches and practices were identified. The main enabling factors were that nursing staff saw mouth care as part of their role and took an empathic and caring approach to its delivery. They aimed to make the residents socially acceptable, improve their self‐esteem and make their mouths clean and breath fresher. Inhibiting factors were: a lack of training, time constraints associated with workload, and poor understanding of the processes causing dental disease. The study concludes that improvements in oral care by nursing staff can be encouraged by working with nurses'attitudes, values and beliefs. Once the desired behaviour change has occurred then the lack of knowledge can be addres
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