1. A home-based training programme improves family caregivers’ oral care practices with stroke survivors: a randomized controlled trial
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Miaofen Yen, Hui Ing Ma, Susan J. Fetzer, Shyu Yi, Li-Chi Chiang, Kuo Yw, and Lee Th
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Oral Health ,Oral hygiene ,law.invention ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Patient Education as Topic ,Randomized controlled trial ,law ,Intervention (counseling) ,Health care ,Humans ,Medicine ,Dentistry (miscellaneous) ,Survivors ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Stroke survivor ,Training programme ,Aged ,business.industry ,Family caregivers ,030206 dentistry ,Middle Aged ,Self Efficacy ,Stroke ,Caregivers ,Physical therapy ,Female ,Attitude change ,business - Abstract
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 A randomized controlled trial was conducted. The experimental group consisted of 48 family caregivers who received the home-based oral care training programme, and the control group consisted of 46 family caregivers who received routine oral care education. The outcomes were measured by the Knowledge of Oral Care, Attitude towards Oral Care, Self-Efficacy of Oral Care and Behaviour of Oral Care before the training programme, and at one and two months afterwards. The data were analysed using mixed model anova to determine differences in the outcomes between the two groups. Results The findings demonstrated that the intervention group had more knowledge (t = 8.80, P
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- 2015
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