Question · asked by 1 review
Professional oral care vs Usual oral care: Adverse effects of interventions
- Population
- Residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities
- Intervention
- Professional oral care
- Comparison
- Usual oral care
- Outcome
- Adverse effects of interventions
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Professional oral care vs Usual oral care Adverse effects of interventions · Residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities Oral care measures for preventing nursing home‐acquired pneumonia (2022) · Cochrane All outcomes | Measured in only 1 study (834 participants), which reported no serious events and 64 non-serious events, the most common of which were oral cavity disturbances (not defined) and dental staining. | 1 study · 834 participants | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oral care measures for preventing nursing home‐acquired pneumonia 2022 · Cochrane All outcomes | 12 May 2022 | Not listed | Not 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.