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Providing Daily Oral Infection Control To Persons Dependent On Others For Activities Of Daily Living: A Semi-Qualitative Descriptive Study, R Constance Wiener
Providing Daily Oral Infection Control To Persons Dependent On Others For Activities Of Daily Living: A Semi-Qualitative Descriptive Study, R Constance Wiener
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Background
The purpose of this study is to evaluate caregiver assessment of the ease of use of a specially designed toothbrush for providing daily oral infection control (toothbrushing) to persons dependent upon others for activities of daily living.
Method
Eighty-eight caregivers accepted surveys and multi-surface toothbrushes to provide daily oral infection control to the person to whom they assisted. They were asked to evaluate the ease of use of the multi-surface toothbrush, and provide comments about it.
Results
There were 30 surveys returned (34.1% response rate). In terms of the ease of use, 90.0% of the caregivers agreed (63.3% strongly …