Journal article
Assessment of dentally related functional competency for older adults with cognitive impairment-a survey for special-care dental professionals
Special care in dentistry, Vol.33(2), pp.48-55
03/2013
DOI: 10.1111/scd.12005
PMCID: PMC3894116
PMID: 23451924
Abstract
This survey was to study whether and how dental professional assess dental-related function in older adults with cognitive impairment (OACI). An invitation was sent to 525 special-care dental professionals, followed by a reminder in 2 weeks. Thirteen percent of the targeted participants completed the survey. Among them, 88% completed a hospital dentistry, geriatric dentistry, or other postgraduate training program. Nearly 70% of the respondents considered somewhat to very difficult to assess dentally related function; 45% did not ever or did not regularly assess dental-related function for OACI. Dental-related functional assessments were often based on a subjective, unstructured approach. Only 6% of the respondents routinely used standard instruments to assess the patients' function. These results indicate that an objective functional assessment based on a standardized instrument has not been routinely incorporated into dental care for OACI, raising concerns for quality of care in this vulnerable population.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Assessment of dentally related functional competency for older adults with cognitive impairment-a survey for special-care dental professionals
- Creators
- Xi Chen - Department of Dental Ecology, University of North Carolina, North Carolina, Chapel HillJennifer J.J Clark - Department of Biostatistics, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, North Carolina
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Special care in dentistry, Vol.33(2), pp.48-55
- DOI
- 10.1111/scd.12005
- PMID
- 23451924
- PMCID
- PMC3894116
- NLM abbreviation
- Spec Care Dentist
- ISSN
- 0275-1879
- eISSN
- 1754-4505
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 8
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/2013
- Academic Unit
- Preventive and Community Dentistry; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984107392702771
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