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The role of dental hygienists in oral health preventionKerstin Ohrn
Dalarna University, Health and Social Sciences, Falun, Sweden
Oral Health Prev Dent 2:277-81. 2004..Consequently the focus on prevention and health promotion makes the dental hygienist a very important person in the dental team of the future...
A comparison of two questionnaires measuring oral health-related quality of life before and after dental hygiene treatment in patients with periodontal diseaseK Ohrn
Dalarna University, School of Health and Social Sciences, Falun, Sweden
Int J Dent Hyg 10:9-14. 2012..The aim of this study was to compare the usefulness of two different questionnaires assessing oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) at the basic examination and after initial dental hygiene treatment (DHtx)...
Using system dynamics for collaborative design: a case studyMarie Elf
Chalmers University of Technology, Goteborg, Sweden
BMC Health Serv Res 7:123. 2007..In order to facilitate the collaborative design, system dynamics (SD) with a group modelling approach was used in the early stages of planning a new stroke unit. During six workshops a SD model was created in a multiprofessional group...- Dental beliefs, patients' specific attitudes towards dentists and dental hygienists: a comparative studyK Ohrn
School of Health and Caring Sciences, Dalarna University, Falun, Sweden
Int J Dent Hyg 6:205-13. 2008..The conclusion is that participants had a less negative attitude towards DH with the exception of situations which may give rise to feelings of shame and guilt, an important finding for future dental hygiene care... - Prevention and therapeutic approaches to gingival inflammationKerstin Ohrn
School of Health and Caring Sciences, Dalarna University, Falun, Sweden
J Clin Periodontol 36:20-6. 2009..Inter-dental brushes seem to be most effective and useful for inter-dental cleaning. Scaling and root planing is effective in reducing inflammation and probing depths in patients with periodontitis... - Research utilization among dental hygienists in Sweden--a national surveyK Ohrn
Department of Health and Social Sciences, Dalarna University, Falun, Sweden
Int J Dent Hyg 3:104-11. 2005..One-year education appears to be inadequate to achieve evidence-based practice. Moreover, not even two years of formal education guarantees necessary competence in research for evidence-based dental hygiene practice... - Experiences of oral care in patients with haematological malignancies or head and neck cancerK E O Ohrn
Högskolan Dalarna, Health and Caring Sciences, S 791 88 Falun, Sweden
Eur J Cancer Care (Engl) 12:274-82. 2003..There are no acceptable reasons for allowing patients to suffer from oral symptoms that can be reduced... - The role of oral sequelae in health-related quality of life of cancer patientsKerstin Ohrn
Dalarna University, Health and Caring Sciences, 791 88 Falun, Sweden
Support Care Cancer 10:656-8. 2002.... - Oral health and quality of life among patients with head and neck cancer or haematological malignanciesK E Ohrn
Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden
Support Care Cancer 9:528-38. 2001..Patients who reported more severe oral symptoms also reported lower HRQOL scores. The results demonstrate that oral status is related to HRQOL in these patient groups... - Oral status during radiotherapy and chemotherapy: a descriptive study of patient experiences and the occurrence of oral complicationsK E Ohrn
Högskolan Dalarna, Health and Caring Sciences, Falun, Sweden
Support Care Cancer 9:247-57. 2001..Their unstimulated salivary secretion rate did not change over time. There was good agreement between patient experiences and observations recorded by dental staff... - Oral care in cancer nursingK E Ohrn
Department of Health and Caring Sciences, Högskolan Dalarna, Falun, Sweden
Eur J Cancer Care (Engl) 9:22-9. 2000..A majority reported that they received sufficient help from dentistry. There is a need for continuing education in oral care among nurses and enrolled nurses, which must be a responsibility of and in co-operation with dentistry... - An individually tailored treatment programme for improved oral hygiene: introduction of a new course of action in health education for patients with periodontitisB Jonsson
Department of Public Health and Caring Science, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Int J Dent Hyg 7:166-75. 2009..To describe and evaluate an individually tailored treatment programme based on a behavioural medicine approach to oral hygiene self-care for patients with chronic periodontitis... - The effectiveness of an individually tailored oral health educational programme on oral hygiene behaviour in patients with periodontal disease: a blinded randomized-controlled clinical trial (one-year follow-up)B Jonsson
Department of Public Health and Caring Science, Uppsala University, Sweden
J Clin Periodontol 36:1025-34. 2009..To evaluate the effectiveness of an individually tailored oral health educational programme for oral hygiene self-care in patients with chronic periodontitis compared with the standard treatment... - Does oral health matter in people's daily life? Oral health-related quality of life in adults 35-47 years of age in NorwayK E Dahl
Faculty of Dentistry, School of Dental Hygiene and Oral Health, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Int J Dent Hyg 10:15-21. 2012.... - Improved compliance and self-care in patients with periodontitis--a randomized control trialB Jonsson
Department of Public Health and Caring Services, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Int J Dent Hyg 4:77-83. 2006..The present study was a randomized control trial to test an intervention emanating from the Client Self-care Commitment Model (CSCCM), to encourage patients to increase their responsibility for their oral self-care... - Accuracy of dental hygienists in diagnosing dental decayK Ohrn
College of Health and Caring Professions, Falun, Sweden
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 24:182-6. 1996.... - Tobacco use prevention and cessation in dental and dental hygiene undergraduate educationChristoph A Ramseier
University of Michigan, School of Dentistry, Deptartment of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, Ann Arbor 48109 1078, USA
Oral Health Prev Dent 4:49-60. 2006.... - Dental beliefs: evaluation of the Swedish version of the revised Dental Beliefs Survey in different patient groups and in a non-clinical student sampleKajsa H Abrahamsson
Department of Periodontology, Institute of Odontology, The Sahlgrenska Academy at Goteborg University, Sweden
Eur J Oral Sci 114:209-15. 2006..However, the underlying factor structure of the DBS-R needs to be further explored and established... - A dynamic conceptual model of care planningMarie Elf
Chalmers University of Technology, Goteborg, Sweden
Scand J Caring Sci 21:530-8. 2007..System dynamics offers the potential to describe processes in a nonlinear, dynamic way and is suitable for exploring, comprehending, learning and communicating complex ideas about care processes... - Using system dynamics as a quality improvement toolMarie Elf
Chalmers University of Technology, Goteborg, Sweden
Stud Health Technol Inform 122:1031. 2006..Moreover, the method is transparent, showing the model boundaries and explicitly defined the variables and the relationships between them...