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Decisional needs for older adults, home health care nurses and dental hygienists during team-based oral health assessments in ordinary home settings: a qualitative study
University West, Department of Health Sciences, Section for health promotion and care sciences. Centre for Gerodontology, Public Dental Service, Region Västra Götaland, Gothenburg (SWE). (KAMAIL, LOVHH)
Department of Cariology, Institute of Odontology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg(SWE).
Centre for Gerodontology, Public Dental Service, Region Västra Götaland, Gothenburg (SWE).
Centre for Gerodontology, Public Dental Service, Region Västra Götaland, Gothenburg (SWE); 4 Department of Behavioural and Community Dentistry, Institute of Odontology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg (SWE).
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2024 (English)In: BMC Geriatrics, E-ISSN 1471-2318, Vol. 24, no 1, p. 779-, article id 779Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

BACKGROUND: Participation by all actors involved in health planning is a prerequisite for person-centred care and healthy ageing. Understanding the multiple knowledge needs and the values that shape oral health assessments in home settings is important both to enable participation in oral health planning and to contribute to healthy ageing.

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate decisional needs during oral health assessments in ordinary home settings from the perspectives of older adults, home health care nurses and dental hygienists.

METHODS: Data was collected in ordinary home settings through 24 team-based oral assessments and 39 brief, semi-structured interviews including older adults (n = 24), home health care nurses (n = 8) and dental hygienists (n = 7). Data was analysed using content analysis with a deductive approach. The analysis was guided by the Ottawa Decision Support Guide.

RESULTS: The analysis revealed that all participants considered participation in decision-making important but until now, older adults might not have participated in making decisions regarding oral health issues. The older adults considered participation important because the decisions had a strong impact on their lives, affecting their health. The professionals considered decision-making important for knowing what step to take next and to be able to follow up and evaluate previous goals and treatments. Organizational and personal barriers for shared decision-making among home health care nurses and dental hygienists were identified. Of the 24 older adults, 20 had different oral health conditions that objectively indicated the need for treatment. An initial important decision concerned whether the older adult wanted to make an appointment for dental care, and if so, how. Another decisional conflict concerned whether and how assisted oral care should be carried out.

CONCLUSION: It is important for key participants in ordinary home settings to participate in interprofessional teams in home health care. To further anchor this in theory, conceptual models for professionals from different care organizations (municipal care, dental care) need to be developed that also involve older adults as participants. Future research could bridge theory and practice by including theories of learning while exploring interorganizational oral health planning in home settings.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2024. Vol. 24, no 1, p. 779-, article id 779
Keywords [en]
Ageing, Dental care, Expansive learning, Health planning, Oral health, Shared decision-making, Work-integrated learning
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Nursing Dentistry
Research subject
Work-Integrated Learning; NURSING AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCE, Nursing science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-22495DOI: 10.1186/s12877-024-05367-6ISI: 001319999300001PubMedID: 39313790Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85204905708OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hv-22495DiVA, id: diva2:1927289
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Region Västra Götaland, VGFOUGSB-942302
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This research was funded by the Health Promotion Research Funding (VGFOUREG-937918, VGFOUREG-966932), Region Västra Götaland, Sweden and the Local Research and Development Board of Göteborg and Södra Bohuslän (VGFOUGSB-942302), Region Västra Götaland, Sweden

Available from: 2025-01-14 Created: 2025-01-14 Last updated: 2025-09-30Bibliographically approved
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1. Oral Health Care Planning: A conceptual model based oncollaboration andperson-centred care
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2025 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Alternative title[sv]
Munhälsoplanering. : En konceptuell modell baserad påsamverkan och person-centrerad vård
Abstract [sv]

Oral hälsa är avgörande för allmän hälsa. I både teori och praktik tycks dock aspekter gällande oral hälsa vara svåra att integrera med övergripande vårdprocesser. Särskilt äldre personer med risk för skörhet kan drabbas av dålig oral hälsa, vilket leder till minskad livskvalitet. Globalt har hinder för integrering av oral hälsa och allmän hälsa konstaterats på mikro-, meso- och makronivå i samhället. Därmed är det indicerat att utforska dessa tidigare beskrivna hinder med hjälp av teorier och praktiker för lärande vid munhälsoplanering. Bristande oral hälsa kan till stor del förebyggas, och en förutsättning för det tycks vara lärande. Syftet med denna avhandling är således att utveckla en konceptuell modell för personcentrerad munhälsoplanering genom arbetsintegrerat lärande. Baserat på teorin om expansivt lärande och en övergripande aktionsforskningsansats, samlades data in genom tre interventioner som byggde på samverkan mellan äldre personer och personal från tandvård och kommunal omsorg. Resultatet baseras på mixade metoder, inklusive totalt 50 individuella intervjuer (Studie I, II och III) med äldre personer (n=24), tandhygienister (n=13) och sjuksköterskor (n=13) i kommunal verksamhet. Därutöver ingick registerdata, en kursutvärdering samt protokoll från multi-professionella möten i kommunal verksamhet (Studie II). Dessutom omfattar data transkriptioner från 24 teambaserade munhälsobedömningar som genomfördes i äldre personers hemmiljö (Studie III). I Studie IV föreslås en plan för en utvärdering av en ny personcentrerad, multi-professionell arbetsmodell för munhälsobedömningar i hemmiljö. Interventionerna, som bygger på samverkan, verkar främja en ny typ av aktörskap som gör det möjligt för deltagare att lära sig vad som är värdefullt för olika aktörer. En förutsättning för detta är att på olika sätt ha tillgång till ett gemensamt område där kunskap kan integreras. Med de förutsättningarna, kan lärande i samverkan möjliggöras där deltagare kan hjälpas åt att återuppfinna sig själva och vidga sina egna och andras horisonter. vii Baserat på de övergripande resultaten föreslås slutligen en konceptuell modell som innehåller nyckelfaktorer för personcentrerad munhälsoplanering i samverkan. Modellen representerar alla deltagares unika kunskaper, formad av sin omgivning. Varje deltagare bidrar med sin egen förståelse, formad av sitt sammanhang och sin historia. Deltagarnas kollektiva, gemensamma förståelse har potential att influera munhälsoplanering genom att skräddarsy den till att möta varje deltagares specifika behov, värderingar och preferenser.

Abstract [en]

The body of evidence about how oral health and general health are intertwined is growing. However, aspects of oral health care seem to be difficult to integrate with general health care processes. Especially older adults with frailty are at risk of poor oral health and thereby also reduced quality of life. Globally, barriers to integration of oral health care aspect in health care processes have been identified on micro-, meso- and macro-levels. Notably, the prerequisites for integration all seem to rely on learning. Therefore, much could be gained from approaching these barriers to integration through theories and practices of learning when doing health care planning. As such, the aim of this thesis is to develop a conceptual model for person-centred oral health care planning through work-integrated learning. Using the theory of expansive learning and with an overall action research approach, data was gathered through three interventions based on collaboration between older adults and staff in dental and municipal care. Mixed methods we reused including individual interviews (Study I, II and III), totalling 50 interviews with older adults (n=24), dental hygienists (n=13) and nurses (n=13) in municipal care organisations. Additional data include data from a Swedish quality register, a course evaluation and protocols from multi-professional meetings in municipal care organisations (Study II) as well as transcriptions from 24 teambased oral assessments conducted in older adults’ home settings (Study III). In Study IV, a plan for an evaluation of a new person-centred, multiprofessional work model for oral assessments in home settings is put forward. The interventions based on collaboration appear to foster a novel type of agency, allowing all participants to understand what holds value for each party. A prerequisite for this is to, in different ways, share translational areas for knowledge to be integrated. Under these conditions, learning can be characterised as expansive and empowering, prompting participants to reinvent themselves and broaden their own and others’ horizons. From the overall findings a conceptual model with key determinants to facilitate person-centred, collaborative oral health care planning is proposed. It schematically represents the role of all participants and their unique context. Each participant brings their own understanding, shaped and created by their contexts and history. The participants’ shared, collective understanding has the potential to influence oral health care planning by tailoring it to meet the specific needs, values and preferences of each participant.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Trollhättan: University West, 2025. p. 84
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PhD Thesis: University West ; 75
Keywords
change; collaboration; expansive learning; health; interprofessional learning; older adults; oral health; person-centred care; work-integrated learning, arbetsintegrerat lärande; expansivt lärande; förändring; hälsa; interprofessionellt lärande; person-centrering; samverkan; äldre personer
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Nursing Odontology
Research subject
Work-Integrated Learning; NURSING AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCE, Nursing science
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urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-23299 (URN)978-91-89969-25-4 (ISBN)978-91-89969-24-7 (ISBN)
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2025-05-28, J111, Högskolan Väst, Gustava Melins Gata 2, 461 85, Trollhättan, 13:00 (English)
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