Yuen Hon K, Shultz Hannah L, Davis Martin M, Vogtle Laura K
Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health Professions, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1720 2nd Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health Professions Building, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1720 2nd Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35294.
Rom J Diabetes Nutr Metab Dis. 2021 Oct 31;28(3):232-241.
This study aims to explore the opinions of dental hygienists and diabetes educators on improving oral health for people with diabetes.
Registered dental hygienists (RDHs) and certified diabetes educators (CDEs) who provided written responses to the same open-ended question from two state-wide mailing surveys (one for RDHs and the other for CDEs) "what more can you tell us to help improve oral health for people with diabetes?" were included in this study. The surveys were sent to all RDHs (n=2237) and CDEs (n=250) in the state of South Carolina, United States.
Of the 1125 valid returned questionnaires from both surveys, 474 provided written responses to this question. Qualitative analysis revealed three main themes from participants' written responses which were: Education (3 subthemes: resources for patients, educate the public, and professional practice resources), interprofessional collaborative care (3 subthemes: role of medical and dental professionals in oral health promotion for people with diabetes, and role of dental and diabetes professional organizations, and companies in the oral healthcare industry), and dental insurance.
The three themes that emerged are interrelated indicating that strategies to improve oral health for people with diabetes are multi-faceted.
本研究旨在探讨牙科保健员和糖尿病教育工作者对于改善糖尿病患者口腔健康的看法。
本研究纳入了对两项全州范围邮寄调查（一项针对牙科保健员，另一项针对糖尿病教育工作者）中同一个开放式问题提供书面回复的注册牙科保健员（RDHs）和认证糖尿病教育工作者（CDEs），该问题为“您能告诉我们更多有助于改善糖尿病患者口腔健康的信息吗？”。这些调查问卷被发送给了美国南卡罗来纳州的所有牙科保健员（n = 2237）和糖尿病教育工作者（n = 250）。
在两项调查共1125份有效回收问卷中，有474份对该问题提供了书面回复。定性分析从参与者的书面回复中揭示了三个主要主题，分别是：教育（3个子主题：患者资源、公众教育和专业实践资源）、跨专业协作护理（3个子主题：医疗和牙科专业人员在促进糖尿病患者口腔健康方面的作用、牙科和糖尿病专业组织以及口腔保健行业公司的作用）以及牙科保险。
出现的这三个主题相互关联，表明改善糖尿病患者口腔健康的策略是多方面的。
