Table 1.
Participants’ correct oral care knowledge before and after training
| Knowledge Items (True/False) | Unpaired (N = 860–2005) | Paired (N = 753–773) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before | After | Change % |
Before | After | Change % |
p | |||
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||||||
| Mouth care can impact pneumonia rates (True) | 1522 (77.4) | 1895 (96.8) | +19.4 | 627 (83.2) | 742 (98.4) | +15.3 | <.001 | ||
| Diabetes is related to oral conditions (True) | 1534 (77.6) | 1877 (95.9) | +18.3 | 612 (80.3) | 731 (95.9) | +15.6 | <.001 | ||
| Dentures should not be removed from the mouth (False) | 1843 (92.5) | 1854 (94.3) | +1.8 | 713 (93.2) | 718 (93.9) | +0.7 | .51 | ||
| Mouth care is a part of infection control (True) | 1856 (93.7) | 1934 (98.6) | +4.9 | 726 (95.5) | 753 (99.1) | +3.6 | <.001 | ||
| Dentures do not need to be cleaned (False) | 1911 (95.5) | 1891 (96.6) | +1.2 | 733 (96.2) | 732 (96.1) | −0.1 | 1.00 | ||
| Developing a personal relationship improves patient compliance (True) | 1899 (96.1) | 1933 (98.8) | +2.8 | 736 (97.5) | 751 (99.5) | +2.0 | .001 | ||
| Oral conditions impact general health (True) | 1955 (97.5) | 1963 (99.8) | +2.3 | 768 (99.4) | 772 (99.9) | +0.5 | .22 | ||
| Multiple medications cause dry mouth (True) | 843 (98.0) | 781 (99.6) | +1.6 | 737 (97.9) | 750 (99.6) | +1.7 | .001 | ||
| Mouth care should be performed every day (True) | 1962 (98.2) | 1954 (99.5) | +1.3 | 761 (99.3) | 762 (99.5) | +0.1 | 1.00 | ||
Note. Items reordered from original survey based on pre-training % correct (ascending). Change represents absolute change from baseline. p values test before v. after (paired) correct response using McNemar’s exact test (two-sided). Not all questionnaires identified the respondent, preventing pre- v. post-testing comparisons for the entire sample.