A home-based training programme improves family caregivers' oral care practices with stroke survivors: a randomized controlled trial

• Published in: International journal of dental hygiene Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 82 - 91
• Main Authors: Kuo, Y-W, Yen, M, Fetzer, S, Chiang, L-C, Shyu, Y-IL, Lee, T-H, Ma, H-I
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.05.2016
• Subjects: Aged; Caregivers; Clinical trials; daily oral care practice; Dental care; Dentistry; family caregiver; Female; home-based health care; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Oral Health; Oral hygiene; Patient Education as Topic; Self Efficacy; Stroke; Stroke - nursing; stroke survivors; Survivors; Training; family caregiver; oral hygiene; stroke survivors; daily oral care practice; home-based health care

Objectives Stroke survivors experience poor oral health when discharged from the hospital to the community. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a home‐based oral care training programme on knowledge, attitude, self‐efficacy and practice behaviour of family caregivers. Methods...