Table 1.

Responses of Nurses toward Oral Hygiene Care (OHC)

Topics/Questions	Response	Frequency	Percentage
Providing OHC to patients (n=585)	Yes	579	98.90
Source of knowledge on OHC	Nursing teachers	490	84.60
	Doctors	31	5.30
	Dentists	17	2.90
	Seniors	26	4.40
	Self-learning	15	2.60
At what time OHC was provided	Morning	527	91.01
	Night	10	1.70
	Morning and night	30	5.10
	More than two times	12	2.10
Type of OHC assistance provided	Tooth brushing	82	14.10
	Swabbing mouth	123	21.20
	Swabbing teeth	95	16.40
	Mouth rinsing	396	68.30
Providing OHC is equally important to other nursing care	Somewhat important	126	21.50
	Important	247	42.20
	Very important	72	12.30
	Extremely important	56	9.60
Barriers for providing OHC (n=579)	Lack of equipment	54	9.30
	Not advised by incharge	16	2.70
	Lack of manpower	25	4.30
	No guidelines	13	2.20
	Patient physical difficulties	95	16.40
	Lack of time	62	10.70
	Lack of training	242	41.80
	Patient compliance	149	25.70
	Unpleasant task	14	2.40
Total training time of OHC in nursing school (n=585)	2-3 h	483	82.60
	~5 h	92	15.70
	>5 h	10	1.70