BACKGROUND: Oral hygiene is inconsistent among patients with cancer and is a national patient care issue. To promote comfort and nutritional status, oral hygiene for patients with cancer is important. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to develop an evidence-based oral hygiene educational module (EM) for nursing and patient care technician (PCT) staff to promote consistent oral hygiene patient education; evaluate patient understanding of oral hygiene practices post-EM; and determine staff documentation frequency of oral hygiene care. METHODS: Pre- and post-EM data were collected using a developed oral hygiene assessment tool; nursing documentation data were collected by chart review. Post-EM data were collected eight weeks post-EM. Data were analyzed using frequencies and the Mann-Whitney U test. FINDINGS: Twenty-two patient documentation pairs were collected. Compared to pre-EM, admission teaching, patient education, and patient oral hygiene practices improved post-EM. Post-EM oral hygiene documentation and PCT teaching increased.
BACKGROUND: Oral hygiene is inconsistent among patients with cancer and is a national patient care issue. To promote comfort and nutritional status, oral hygiene for patients with cancer is important. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to develop an evidence-based oral hygiene educational module (EM) for nursing and patient care technician (PCT) staff to promote consistent oral hygiene patient education; evaluate patient understanding of oral hygiene practices post-EM; and determine staff documentation frequency of oral hygiene care. METHODS: Pre- and post-EM data were collected using a developed oral hygiene assessment tool; nursing documentation data were collected by chart review. Post-EM data were collected eight weeks post-EM. Data were analyzed using frequencies and the Mann-Whitney U test. FINDINGS: Twenty-two patient documentation pairs were collected. Compared to pre-EM, admission teaching, patient education, and patient oral hygiene practices improved post-EM. Post-EM oral hygiene documentation and PCT teaching increased.
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informatics and electronic health records; oral hygiene; stomatitis
Authors: Catherine H L Hong; Luiz Alcino Gueiros; Janet S Fulton; Karis Kin Fong Cheng; Abhishek Kandwal; Dimitra Galiti; Jane M Fall-Dickson; Jorgen Johansen; Suzanne Ameringer; Tomoko Kataoka; Dianna Weikel; June Eilers; Vinasha Ranna; Anusha Vaddi; Rajesh V Lalla; Paolo Bossi; Sharon Elad Journal: Support Care Cancer Date: 2019-07-08 Impact factor: 3.603