Evaluation of a co-designed educational e-resource about oral health for community nurses: study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Oral health is a crucial aspect of health and wellbeing for older people. Poor oral health has been found to significantly increase the risk of chronic health conditions and poor quality of life for older people. Nurses practicing in the community are well-placed to provide oral health care to older people in their own homes, yet there has been little research in this field to develop accessible support for them to do so. Previous literature, reviewed in an earlier phase of this work, revealed that there has, historically, been a paucity of oral health care education for nurses and very few educational resources have been developed in this field.

Methods

This study will evaluate an educational e-resource which has been co-designed by service users, carers and clin

SUBMITTER: Stark P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10071717 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature