Journal article
Group home caregivers' comfort levels regarding physical resistance during oral hygiene care
Special care in dentistry, Vol.35(3), pp.123-131
05/01/2015
DOI: 10.1111/scd.12103
PMID: 25644960
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to -investigate perceived comfort levels, behaviors, and barriers reported by group home caregivers who provide oral hygiene measures to consumers with special health care needs (SHCN) who physically resist the care. A 24-item survey was sent to 884 caregivers employed at six care facilities in Iowa. Bivariate analyses and logistic regression models were used to analyze the data (alpha = 0.05). The overall response rate was 52%. An analysis of the data indicated that caregivers who felt more comfortable providing oral hygiene for consumers who physically resisted the care experienced a higher frequency of consumers not opening their mouths (p = 0.0003), pushing the caregiver away (p = 0.0002), moving their heads -uncontrollably (p = 0.0004), spitting at (p = 0.0099), hitting and/or kicking the caregiver (p = 0.0011). Furthermore, these caregivers provided weekly direct care for a greater number of consumers (p = 0.0044), received oral care training from their current facility (p = 0.0424), brushed the teeth of uncooperative consumers at least 75% of the time (p < 0.0001), and felt "somewhat comfortable to very comfortable"flossing their teeth (p < 0.0001). The caregivers' comfort level in providing oral hygiene measures to those consumers with SHCN who physically resist the care appears to be significantly associated with their training and experience working with this population.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Group home caregivers' comfort levels regarding physical resistance during oral hygiene care
- Creators
- Kayla M. Risma - Pediatric Dentist in Private Practice, Dubuque, Iowa.Karin Weber-Gasparoni - University of IowaSarah E. Swenson - Pediat Dent, Iowa City, IA USARonald L. Ettinger - University of IowaFang Qian - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Special care in dentistry, Vol.35(3), pp.123-131
- Publisher
- Wiley
- DOI
- 10.1111/scd.12103
- PMID
- 25644960
- ISSN
- 0275-1879
- eISSN
- 1754-4505
- Number of pages
- 9
- Grant note
- Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation Grant
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/01/2015
- Academic Unit
- Preventive and Community Dentistry; Prosthodontics; Pediatric Dentistry; Dental Research
- Record Identifier
- 9984367620902771
Metrics
8 Record Views