Knowledge and practice of oral hygiene control in hospitalized patients in intensive care units

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Larissa Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Bernardino, Italo Macedo, Silva, Jéssica Antoniana Lira, Lucas, Rilva Suely Cardoso Castro, d' Avila, Sérgio
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista da ABENO (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revabeno.emnuvens.com.br/revabeno/article/view/209
• topic: Oral Hygiene. Intensive Care Units. Dental Staff; Hospital.; Higiene Bucal. Unidades de Terapia Intensiva. Unidade de Terapia Intensiva. Equipe Hospitalar de Odontologia.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the knowledge and practices of oral hygiene (OH) control in patients in intensive care units (ICU). A cross-sectional study was carried out inv-olving 41 health professionals working in ICU by applying a questionnaire composed of socio-demographic data and variables related to the OH practices. Descriptive and bivariate statistics, using the Fisher's exact test (p <0.05) were performed. Most of the professionals were aged 30-39 years (n = 15; 36.6%), women (n = 37; 90.2%) and worked as nursing technician (n = 33; 80.5%). Most of them (n = 38; 92.68%) answered that there is no dentist in the hospitals and that the nursing technician is the professional responsible for the oral hygiene of patients (n = 41; 100%). The existence of oral hygiene protocol (n = 11; 26.8%) and the use of chlorhexidine gluconate 0.12% (n = 12; 29.3%) was unusual. Statistical difference was observed between the hospitals and the substance used for oral hygiene (p = 0.020). It highlights the need to develop and expand the activities of teaching, research and extension related to Hospital Dentistry in Dental courses in Brazil.