Effect of oral health education programs for caregivers on oral hygiene of the elderly: A systemic review and meta-analysis

Findings

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Evidence Summary
Supporting technical documents that are health systems-relevant

Not usually available for this document type
Scientific Abstract

PubMed
Scientific Abstract

Publisher

Recency, quality and context of the findings

Last year literature searched

2014
Year Published

2015
Quality Rating

9/11 (AMSTAR rating from Program in Policy Decision-making)
Countries in which studies (included in the synthesis) were conducted

Not reported (2); Brazil (1); Sweden (1); UK (1)
Global/regional focus

Not yet available
Country focus

Not reported (2); Brazil (1); Sweden (1); UK (1)
Low - and middle-income country (LMIC) focus

At least one included study was conducted in a low- or middle-income country

Additional details about the research

Type of document

Systematic review of effects
Type of question

Effectiveness
Focus

Specific
Target

Individual
Priority Area

Not applicable
Health system topic(s)

Delivery arrangements
By whom care is provided
Skill mix - Volunteers or caregivers
Implementation strategies
Provider-targeted strategy
Educational material
Educational meeting
Theme

Optimal aging
Domain

Sectors
Home care
Providers
Caregivers

Publication details

Citation

Wang TF, Huang CM, Chou C, Yu S. Effect of oral health education programs for caregivers on oral hygiene of the elderly: A systemic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 2015;52(6):1090-1096.
DOI

10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2015.01.015

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