Question · asked by 1 review

Educational intervention with information and practical components (theoretical oral health education plus practical skills training) for nursing staff and/or residents vs (Optimised) usual care: Oral health-related behaviour of residents

Population
Nursing home residents (mean age 78.3 to 86.0 years; more than 66% women; 62.1% to 87.3% with dental prostheses)
Intervention
Educational intervention with information and practical components (theoretical oral health education plus practical skills training) for nursing staff and/or residents
Comparison
(Optimised) usual care
Outcome
Oral health-related behaviour of residents

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Educational intervention with information and practical components (theoretical oral health education plus practical skills training) for nursing staff and/or residents vs (Optimised) usual care
Oral health-related behaviour of residents · Nursing home residents
Oral health educational interventions for nursing home staff and residents (2016) · Cochrane All outcomes
One study (Bellomo 2005) assessed oral health-related behaviour of residents; 60 residents were interviewed about toothbrushing habits. Use of toothbrushes and the frequency of brushing during the study period were…1 study · 60 participantsGRADE not reported

Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.

The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Oral health educational interventions for nursing home staff and residents
2016 · Cochrane All outcomes
2016-01Not listedNot assessed
How reviews are matched to this question

Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.