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Aim: To explore patients' and healthcare professionals' (HCPs) experiences of oral care during hospitalisation to identify needs and challenges.
Background: Daily oral care is important to patients' health and well- being, to pre-vent diseases in the oral cavity, systemic infections and increased morbidity, which subsequently can lead to prolonged hospitalisation and, at worst, increased mortality. Despite this knowledge, oral care is a neglected part of nursing practice. Studies do not clearly identify barriers regarding oral care, as the existing knowledge is inadequate.
Design: A qualitative study exploring participants' experiences to gain new in-depth knowledge of oral care among hospitalised patients.
Methods: A phenomenological-hermeneutic approach was applied. Participant ob-servations were conducted on five hospital wards, combined with individual semi- structured interviews with 16 patients and 15 HCP. Data analysis was based on Ricoeur's theory of narrative and interpretation.
Results: Four themes describing the challenges regarding oral care emerged: Oral care as a gut feeling; oral care fades into the background; even self- reliant patients need help with oral care; and the mouth reflects the life lived.
Conclusions: The identified challenges show there is a need for improvement in the health professional approach to oral care in nursing practice. Focus on increasing HCPs' knowledge, skills and competences can increase their nursing agency and sup-port patients' self-care capacity.
Impact: Investigation of oral care during hospitalisation revealed four main challenges concerning both patients' and HCPs' lack of knowledge and awareness of oral care. Thus, patients and HCPs should be included in developing solutions to improve oral care in nursing practice.
Reporting methods: The COREQ criteria for reporting qualitative research were ad-hered to.
Patient contribution: A patient representative was involved in the discussion of the proposal, conduct and results of the study.
KEYWORDS: interviews, lived experience, nursing, observation, oral care, patients' experience, phenomenological hermeneutics, qualitative study
Aim: To explore patients' and healthcare professionals' (HCPs) experiences of oral care during hospitalisation to identify needs and challenges.
Background: Daily oral care is important to patients' health and well- being, to pre-vent diseases in the oral cavity, systemic infections and increased morbidity, which subsequently can lead to prolonged hospitalisation and, at worst, increased mortality. Despite this knowledge, oral care is a neglected part of nursing practice. Studies do not clearly identify barriers regarding oral care, as the existing knowledge is inadequate.
Design: A qualitative study exploring participants' experiences to gain new in-depth knowledge of oral care among hospitalised patients.
Methods: A phenomenological-hermeneutic approach was applied. Participant ob-servations were conducted on five hospital wards, combined with individual semi- structured interviews with 16 patients and 15 HCP. Data analysis was based on Ricoeur's theory of narrative and interpretation.
Results: Four themes describing the challenges regarding oral care emerged: Oral care as a gut feeling; oral care fades into the background; even self- reliant patients need help with oral care; and the mouth reflects the life lived.
Conclusions: The identified challenges show there is a need for improvement in the health professional approach to oral care in nursing practice. Focus on increasing HCPs' knowledge, skills and competences can increase their nursing agency and sup-port patients' self-care capacity.
Impact: Investigation of oral care during hospitalisation revealed four main challenges concerning both patients' and HCPs' lack of knowledge and awareness of oral care. Thus, patients and HCPs should be included in developing solutions to improve oral care in nursing practice.
Reporting methods: The COREQ criteria for reporting qualitative research were ad-hered to.
Patient contribution: A patient representative was involved in the discussion of the proposal, conduct and results of the study.
KEYWORDS: interviews, lived experience, nursing, observation, oral care, patients' experience, phenomenological hermeneutics, qualitative study
| Translated title of the contribution | Burde mundpleje være baseret på mere end en mavefornemmelse? Et kvalitativt studie som undersøger patienters og sundhedsprofessionelles oplevelser |
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| Original language | English |
| Journal | Journal of Clinical Nursing |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue number | 19-20 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-11 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| ISSN | 0962-1067 |
| Publication status | Published - 24 Sept 2023 |
Keywords
- health, nutrition and quality of life
- disease, health science and nursing
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Better late than never - Bring back oral care in nursing: Bring back oral care in nursing
Rasmussen, L. L., Vaupell, K. H., Olsen, M. L. & Nielsen, C., Jul 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference without a publisher/journal › Poster › Communication
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Mundpleje en del af den grundlæggende sygepleje
Nielsen, C. (Principle researcher), Bjerring, L. L. K. (Co-researcher), Vaupell, K. H. (Co-researcher), Olsen, M. L. (Co-researcher), Rasmussen, L. L. (Co-researcher) & Lunderskov, J. (Co-researcher)
01/10/21 → 30/09/24
Project: Research
Press/Media
Activities
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ICN Concgress 2023
Vaupell, K. H. (Paricipant), Olsen, M. L. (Speaker), Nielsen, C. (Paricipant) & Rasmussen, L. L. (Speaker)
30 Jun 2023 → 5 Jul 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Conference
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