Oral care experiences of palliative care patients, their relatives/carers and healthcare professionals

Aim: To explore the oral care experiences of palliative care patients and of those who support or deliver oral care to these patients: nurses, doctors, dentists, their relatives and carers. Data Sources: An electronic search of the databases included: Embase, MEDLINE, DOSS, AMED and PsycINFO was per...

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Main Authors: Delgado, M.B., Plessas, A., Burns, L., Neilens, H., Griffiths, S., Latour, Jos
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/94045
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author Delgado, M.B.
Plessas, A.
Burns, L.
Neilens, H.
Griffiths, S.
Latour, Jos
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Plessas, A.
Burns, L.
Neilens, H.
Griffiths, S.
Latour, Jos
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description Aim: To explore the oral care experiences of palliative care patients and of those who support or deliver oral care to these patients: nurses, doctors, dentists, their relatives and carers. Data Sources: An electronic search of the databases included: Embase, MEDLINE, DOSS, AMED and PsycINFO was performed. Data selection: Six articles were included in the final synthesis. Data extraction: Thematic analysis was applied by two researchers. Data synthesis: Three themes were identified: 'performing oral care', 'effects on oral health' and 'challenges in palliative care'. Conclusions: Despite similarities of oral care experiences, this review identified some differences, crucially in terms of the wider impact of oral symptoms, namely social interactions with others and challenges to oral care.This confirms the need to investigate these topics further in relation to different stakeholders, such as nurses; and to have consistent guidance to facilitate the provision of effective oral care to palliative care patients.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-940452024-01-23T06:29:00Z Oral care experiences of palliative care patients, their relatives/carers and healthcare professionals Delgado, M.B. Plessas, A. Burns, L. Neilens, H. Griffiths, S. Latour, Jos Healthcare professional Nurses Oral care Palliative care Patients Caregivers Delivery of Health Care Humans Palliative Care Humans Palliative Care Caregivers Delivery of Health Care Aim: To explore the oral care experiences of palliative care patients and of those who support or deliver oral care to these patients: nurses, doctors, dentists, their relatives and carers. Data Sources: An electronic search of the databases included: Embase, MEDLINE, DOSS, AMED and PsycINFO was performed. Data selection: Six articles were included in the final synthesis. Data extraction: Thematic analysis was applied by two researchers. Data synthesis: Three themes were identified: 'performing oral care', 'effects on oral health' and 'challenges in palliative care'. Conclusions: Despite similarities of oral care experiences, this review identified some differences, crucially in terms of the wider impact of oral symptoms, namely social interactions with others and challenges to oral care.This confirms the need to investigate these topics further in relation to different stakeholders, such as nurses; and to have consistent guidance to facilitate the provision of effective oral care to palliative care patients. 2021 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/94045 10.12968/ijpn.2021.27.10.504 eng fulltext
spellingShingle Healthcare professional
Nurses
Oral care
Palliative care
Patients
Caregivers
Delivery of Health Care
Humans
Palliative Care
Humans
Palliative Care
Caregivers
Delivery of Health Care
Delgado, M.B.
Plessas, A.
Burns, L.
Neilens, H.
Griffiths, S.
Latour, Jos
Oral care experiences of palliative care patients, their relatives/carers and healthcare professionals
title Oral care experiences of palliative care patients, their relatives/carers and healthcare professionals
title_full Oral care experiences of palliative care patients, their relatives/carers and healthcare professionals
title_fullStr Oral care experiences of palliative care patients, their relatives/carers and healthcare professionals
title_full_unstemmed Oral care experiences of palliative care patients, their relatives/carers and healthcare professionals
title_short Oral care experiences of palliative care patients, their relatives/carers and healthcare professionals
title_sort oral care experiences of palliative care patients, their relatives/carers and healthcare professionals
topic Healthcare professional
Nurses
Oral care
Palliative care
Patients
Caregivers
Delivery of Health Care
Humans
Palliative Care
Humans
Palliative Care
Caregivers
Delivery of Health Care
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/94045