Journal
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
Volume 19, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
JMIR PUBLICATIONS, INC
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.7024
Keywords
oral hygiene; computer-aided learning; cerebrovascular accident; theory of planned behavior; health care providers; Internet
Funding
- University of Hong Kong
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Background Oral hygiene care is of key importance among stroke patients to prevent complications that may compromise rehabilitation or potentially give rise to life-threatening infections such as aspiration pneumonia. Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a Web-based continuing professional development (CPD) program on general intention of the health carers to perform daily mouth cleaning for stroke patients using the theory of planned behavior (TPB). Methods A double-blind cluster randomized controlled trial was conducted among 547 stroke care providers across 10 hospitals in Malaysia. The centers were block randomized to receive either (1) test intervention (a Web-based CPD program on providing oral hygiene care to stroke patients using TPB) or (2) control intervention (a Web-based CPD program not specific to oral hygiene). Domains of TPB: attitude, subjective norm (SN), perceived behavior control (PBC), general intention (GI), and knowledge related to providing oral hygiene care were assessed preintervention and at 1 month and 6 months postintervention. Results The overall response rate was 68.2% (373/547). At 1 month, between the test and control groups, there was a significant difference in changes in scores of attitude (P=.004) and subjective norm (P=.01), but not in other TPB domains (GI, P=.11; PBC, P=.51; or knowledge, P=.08). At 6 months, there were significant differences in changes in scores of GI (P=.003), attitude (P=.009), SN (P<.001) and knowledge (P=.001) between the test and control groups. Regression analyses identified that the key factors associated with a change in GI at 6 months were changes in SN (beta=.36, P<.001) and changes in PBC (beta=.23, P<.001). Conclusions The Web-based CPD program based on TPB increased general intention, attitudes, subjective norms, and knowledge to provide oral hygiene care among stroke carers for their patients. Changing subjective norms and perceived behavioral control are key factors associated with changes in general intention to provide oral hygiene care.
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