OCCUPATION AND HEALTH ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (2): 285-288.

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Research progress of nurses' oral health management ability assessment tools

AN Xin, MA Jing-hua   

  1. School of Nursing,Hebei University of Chinese Medicine,Shijiazhuang Hebei 050200,China
  • Received:2022-04-23 Revised:2022-05-13 Published:2026-03-02
  • Contact: MA Jing-hua,Associate professor,E-mail:majh_66@126.com

Abstract: There is a correlation between oral health and systemic disease,and the implementation of preventive oral health behaviors by patients is a key component of maintaining oral health. As the promoters of health promotion and disease prevention,nurses play an active role in helping patients with oral health management. Assessing nurses' oral health management abilityis of great significance for improving the quality of clinical oral health management quality,improving patients' oral health behaviors,and promoting oral health. We review the universal and specific oral health management ability assessment tools of nurses at home and abroad,and describe the significance of the assessment,so as to provide references for reasonablyselecting relevant tools to evaluate nurses' oral health management ability.

Key words: Nurse, Oral health, Oral management, Assessment tool

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