Assessments of oral health care in dependent older persons in nursing facilities

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 330-336

  Wårdh, Inger ^a,b,c   Berggren, Ulf ^a,b,c   Andersson, Lars ^a,b,c   Sörensen, Stefan ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Elderly; Interviews; Nursing; Oral health care

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DENTITION; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; NURSING; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; RATING SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; DENTURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HEALTH STATUS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERVENTION STUDIES; JAW, EDENTULOUS, PARTIALLY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; ORAL HYGIENE INDEX; SELF EFFICACY; STATISTICS;

EID: 0036903856     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000163502762667342     Document Type: Article

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