Andrade-Leite Daniela Brandão, Martins-Santos Sandra Cristina, Marques-Gomes Sónia Marlene, Oliveira Isabel de Jesus
Dr. Francisco Zagalo Hospital, Ovar, Portugal.
Local Health Unit of Matosinhos, Pedro Hispano Hospital, Matosinhos, Portugal.
Enferm Clin (Engl Ed). 2023 Jan-Feb;33(1):22-29. doi: 10.1016/j.enfcle.2022.05.003. Epub 2022 Jun 6.
Assess nurses' knowledge, attitudes and practices towards oral hygiene of dependent inpatients.
Quantitative, descriptive, and cross-sectional study. Data were collected through a self-administered questionnaire applied to 100 nurses from internal medicine wards of two hospitals in Northern Portugal, which assessed three dimensions: knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding oral hygiene. Knowledge, attitudes, and practices in oral care were summarized in statistical descriptions including percentages, frequencies, means, and standard deviations using SPSS version 23 for data analysis.
The mean total knowledge score was 13.98 out of 22 and the participants' mean score of the attitudes towards oral care was 48.35 out of 60 points. All participants acknowledge the importance of oral care for inpatients, with 96% associating poor oral hygiene with systemic disease. As for practices, 90% of participants assess the need for oral care of inpatients in the first 24 h, and 61% document the result of this assessment.
The results show that although participants are aware of the importance of oral care, knowledge and practices are not consistent. Concerning oral health practices, it is urgent to narrow the gap between evidence and practice and promote oral care standardization.
评估护士对依赖他人的住院患者口腔卫生的知识、态度和实践情况。
定量、描述性横断面研究。通过向葡萄牙北部两家医院内科病房的100名护士发放自填式问卷收集数据，该问卷评估了三个维度：口腔卫生的知识、态度和实践情况。使用SPSS 23版对口腔护理方面的知识、态度和实践情况进行统计描述，包括百分比、频率、均值和标准差，以进行数据分析。
在满分22分中，知识总平均分是13.98分；在满分60分中，参与者对口腔护理态度的平均分为48.35分。所有参与者都承认口腔护理对住院患者的重要性，96%的人认为口腔卫生差与全身性疾病有关。在实践方面，90%的参与者评估了住院患者在入院后24小时内进行口腔护理的必要性，61%的人记录了该评估结果。
结果表明，尽管参与者意识到口腔护理的重要性，但知识和实践并不一致。在口腔健康实践方面，迫切需要缩小证据与实践之间的差距，并促进口腔护理的标准化。
