The comparison between chlorhexidine solution and toothbrush in the prevention of oral lesions in patients hospitalized in intensive care unit

Alinejad Moghadam, Mohammad (2014) The comparison between chlorhexidine solution and toothbrush in the prevention of oral lesions in patients hospitalized in intensive care unit. Masters thesis, sabzevar university of medical scinces.

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Abstract

Introduction: oral health care of patients with an endotracheal tube is one of the most important aspects of nursing care and nursing tasks in intensive care units. mouth cleaning can reduce the amount of dental gingival, gum disease and the incidence of pneumonia associated with mechanical ventilation. Purposes : the purpose of this study is comparing the effect of chlothexidine solution and toothbrush in the prevention of oral lisions in patients hospitalized in intensive care unit in shaheed beheshti hospital of sabzevar. Materials and methods: this study is clinical trial . the research society in this study is patients hospitalized with endotracheal tube in intensive care unit from the arrival time . in this study , 30 patients were selected with target-based approach. they were divided into two groups by permutation blocking method for oral care toothbrush and chlorhexidine . there were 15 patints in each group.beck oral assessment scale (BOAS) modified and MPS are used in order to callect information on demographics list and information from the checklist of oral health .data are analyzed by sofware, kolmogorov-smirnow test , chi square , and fisher and multiple logistic regressions. Results: patients of toothbrush and chlorhexidine groups are the same in characteristics like age ,sex, and drugs(P>0.05).the results shoe that the toothbrush and chlorhexidine are effective in preventing oral losios, but in some cases , when the toothbrush was used , the oral health status of the ptinet, was better.(OR = 1.52 P=0.0046)

Item Type: Thesis (Masters)
Uncontrolled Keywords: intensive care, chlorhexidine, tooth-brushing
Subjects: R Medicine > RT Nursing
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences > School of Medicine
Depositing User: Saeed Shoja
Date Deposited: 15 May 2018 07:04
Last Modified: 14 Jan 2019 07:43
URI: http://eprints.medsab.ac.ir/id/eprint/407

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