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General dentists’ attitudes and perceived barriers in providing domiciliary dental care to older adults in long‐term care facilities or their homes in Northern Ireland: A descriptive qualitative study
- Source :
- Kerr, E, Watson, S, McMullan, J, Srinivasan, M & McKenna, G J 2022, ' General dentists’ attitudes and perceived barriers in providing domiciliary dental care to older adults in long-term care facilities or their homes in Northern Ireland: a descriptive qualitative study ', Gerodontology, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 257-265 . https://doi.org/10.1111/ger.12565
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- ObjectiveMany older patients, housebound or living in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) have limited access to dental care. This descriptive qualitative study aimed to understand general dental practitioners (GDPs) attitudes and perceived barriers to undertaking Domiciliary Dental Care (DDC) for those patients in Northern Ireland (NI).MethodsSemi-structured telephone interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of 12 GDPs in Northern Ireland. Interviews were digitally recorded and transcribed verbatim. An iterative coding process using theme-analytic methods was used.ResultsThe data were characterised into four major themes—risk of professional litigation, remuneration for those undertaking DDC, complexity of treatment, and the overall framework of the dental care system in NI. Two minor themes identified were practice culture and reasons for undertaking DDC. The GDPs in the study identified a number of barriers to undertaking DDC including a legal requirement to transport oxygen, lack of organisation and limited oral hygiene care provision in LTCFs, and confusion around their responsibilities for provision of DDC. Those GDPs who were providing DDC indicated that they did so out of kindness and a sense of loyalty to their long-standing patients.ConclusionThe GDPs in this study identified a number of significant barriers to provision of DDC at organisational, structural and clinical levels. The GDPs indicated that they required clarification of their responsibilities around DDC with clear guidelines necessary given the increase in demand for this service.
- Subjects :
- Attitude of Health Personnel
media_common.quotation_subject
Dentists
610 Medicine & health
2717 Geriatrics and Gerontology
Minor (academic)
Northern Ireland
Oral hygiene
Care provision
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Professional Role
Nursing
Loyalty
Remuneration
11390 Klinik für Allgemein-, Behinderten- und Seniorenzahnmedizin
Medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Dental Care
General Dentistry
media_common
Aged
Service (business)
integumentary system
business.industry
fungi
030206 dentistry
Long-Term Care
3500 General Dentistry
Oxygen
Long-term care
General Practice, Dental
Geriatrics and Gerontology
business
Qualitative research
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Kerr, E, Watson, S, McMullan, J, Srinivasan, M & McKenna, G J 2022, ' General dentists’ attitudes and perceived barriers in providing domiciliary dental care to older adults in long-term care facilities or their homes in Northern Ireland: a descriptive qualitative study ', Gerodontology, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 257-265 . https://doi.org/10.1111/ger.12565
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c71579a98f74cb188dec41a254f66d1d