Table 4.

Mean scores for challenges items before and after intervention.

Proposition: The Oral Care of Older People Is Challenging Because…	Before Mean (SD)	After Mean (SD)
…I haven’t got time enough for it	5.6 (1.8)	6.1 (3.0)
…I haven’t got enough knowledge of how to clean older people’s mouths	5.8 (1.5)	2.7 (2.7)
…older people don’t let me look into their mouths	6.6 (2.2)	6.1 (1.4)
…I am disgusted by dirty removable dentures	2.0 (2.4)	2.1 (2.4)
…I am disgusted smelly, dirty mouths	3.2 (2.8)	2.9 (2.8)
…I can’t evaluate what the problem is in older people’s mouths	6.2 (1.8)	4.2 (2.2)
…older people do not have decent oral cleaning instruments such as a toothbrush and toothpaste	5.3 (3.2)	6.1 (2.3)