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CLINICAL ORAL INVESTIGATIONS
Volume 25, Issue 6, Pages 3475-3486Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00784-020-03669-8
Keywords
Oral health assessment; Oral screening; Older care-dependent adults; Non-dental caregivers; InterRAI suite of instruments
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- internal fund of the KU Leuven University, Belgium [C24/15/034]
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An optimized oral health-related section and video training were developed and validated for the interRAI suite of instruments. A study conducted on 260 long-term care residents showed moderate agreement between caregivers and dentists on certain oral health items, but larger discrepancies on others. The psychometric properties of the section were improved compared to previous versions, but further refinement is needed for items based on mouth inspection and caregiver training.
Objectives An optimized oral health-related section and a video training were developed and validated for the interRAI suite of instruments. The latter is completed by professional non-dental caregivers and used in more than 40 countries to assess care needs of older adults. Methods The optimized oral health-related section (ohr-interRAI) consists of nine items and a video training that were developed in consecutive phases. To evaluate psychometric properties, a study was conducted in 260 long-term care residents. Each resident was assessed by a dentist and by four caregivers (two who received the video training, two who did not). Results Mean kappa values and percent agreement between caregivers and dentist ranged between kappa = 0.60 (80.2%) for dry mouth and kappa = 0.13 (54.0%) for oral hygiene. The highest inter-caregiver agreement was found for dry mouth with kappa = 0.63 [95% CI: 0.56-0.70] (81.6%), while for the item palate/lips/cheeks only kappa = 0.27 [95% CI: 0.18-0.36] (76.7%) was achieved. Intra-caregiver agreement ranged between kappa = 0.93 [95% CI: 0.79-1.00] (96.4%) for dry mouth and kappa = 0.45 [95% CI: 0.06-0.84] (82.8%) for gums. Logistic regression analysis showed only small differences between caregivers who watched the video training and those who did not. Conclusions Psychometric properties of the optimized ohr-interRAI section were improved compared to previous versions. Nevertheless, particularly the items based on inspection of the mouth require further refinement and caregiver training needs to be improved.
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