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Professional oral care vs Usual oral care: Mortality (all‐cause)

Population
Residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities
Intervention
Professional oral care
Comparison
Usual oral care
Outcome
Mortality (all‐cause)

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Professional oral care vs Usual oral care
Mortality (all-cause) · Residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities · 12-30 months
Oral care measures for preventing nursing home‐acquired pneumonia (2022) · Cochrane All outcomes
All-cause mortality, follow-up 12-30 months, 3764 (3 studies), Very low. Not pooled. Adachi RR 0.80 (0.40 to 1.58; 88); Juthani-Mehta HR 1.16 (0.88 to 1.53; 834); Zimmerman adjusted IRR 0.83 (0.61 to 1.12; 1606).…3 studies · 3764 participantsVery low

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The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Oral care measures for preventing nursing home‐acquired pneumonia
2022 · Cochrane All outcomes
12 May 2022Not listedNot assessed
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