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Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults
Published on: February 2, 2020
Usefulness of oral health assessment performed by multiple professionals using a short video recording acquired with
Yuiko Yanagihara1, Hiroyuki Suzuki1, Junichi Furuya2,3
1Department of Gerodontology and Oral Rehabilitation, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan.
Background/Purpose:
Appropriate oral health assessment and management can improve the oral health and nutritional status of hospitalized patients. The active participation of dental professionals in the nutritional support team (NST) can help achieve this outcome. However, the participation of dental professionals in NSTs is often limited, indicating the requirement for establishing a remote oral health assessment method. This study aimed to establish a multidisciplinary oral health assessment system using short video recordings with a tablet device.
Materials And Methods:
Fifty inpatients receiving NST aid at the Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital were included in this study. The degree of agreement between the oral health assessment performed at the bedside and using the short video recordings of the oral health acquired with a tablet device by a single dentist and the degree of agreement for evaluations performed using the video recordings between multiple professionals were evaluated. The oral health status was assessed using the Oral Health Assessment Tool (OHAT).
Results:
The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) of the OHAT total scores for oral health assessment performed at the bedside and using the videos by a single dentist was 0.914 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.854-0.950). ICCs of the OHAT total scores for the video assessment performed by dentists and multiple professionals were 0.904 (95% CI, 0.838-0.944) and 0.802 (95% CI, 0.676-0.883), respectively.
Conclusion:
Comprehensive oral health assessment of patients can be performed by multiple professionals using the short video recordings of the oral health acquired with a tablet device.
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