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Prevalence and predictors of difficulty accessing the mouths of intubated critically ill adults to deliver oral care: An observational study.

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BACKGROUND:Oral care of intubated patients is essential to the prevention of infection and patient discomfort. However, barriers to oral access and delivery of oral care have received little attention. OBJECTIVE:To determine prevalence and predictors of oral access difficulty. DESIGN:A prospective, observational, multi-center study. SETTINGS:Four intensive care units in Toronto, Canada. PARTICIPANTS:Adult patients orally intubated for ≥48 h. METHODS:We screened consecutive admissions once a week to identify eligible participants. We observed each patient and asked the patient's nurse about presence or absence of difficulty accessing the mouth to deliver oral care across three categories: (1) visualizing inside the mouth; (2) obtaining patient cooperation, or (3) inserting instruments for delivery of oral care. We asked nurses to identify presence of patient behaviors contributing to oral access difficulty and perceived level of difficulty on a Likert response scale. We examined patient and treatment characteristics associated with extreme difficulty (i.e., difficulty in all 3 categories) using a generalized estimating equation regression model. RESULTS:A total of 428 patients were observed, 58% admitted with a medical diagnosis. More than half (57%) had ≥2 oral devices up to maximum of 4. Oral care difficulty was identified in 83% of patients and rated as moderate to high for 217 (51%). Difficulty concerned visibility (74%), patient cooperation (55%), and space to insert instruments (53%). Patient behaviors contributing difficulty included coughing/gagging (60%), mouth closing (49%), biting (45%) and localizing (27%) during care. Variables associated with extreme difficulty included neurological (OR 1.92, 95% CI 1.42-2.60) or trauma admission (OR 1.83, 95% CI 1.16-2.89), lack of pain assessment or treatment in the 4 h prior to oral care (OR 1.43, 95% CI 1.14-1.80), more oral devices (OR 1.40, 95% CI 1.05-1.87), and duration of intubation (OR 1.05, 95% CI 1.01-1.10). Absence of documented agitation in the 4 h prior to oral care was associated with less difficulty (OR 0.68, 95% CI 0.54-0.86). CONCLUSIONS:Oral care is complex and difficulties are experienced in a vast majority of intubated patients. Some difficulties are amenable to correction such as pain management.

journal_name

Int J Nurs Stud

journal_title

International journal of nursing studies

authors

Dale CM,Smith O,Burry L,Rose L

doi

10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2017.12.009

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-04-01 00:00:00

pages

36-40

eissn

0020-7489

issn

1873-491X

pii

S0020-7489(17)30284-5

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Prevalence and predictors of difficulty accessing the mouths of intubated critically ill adults to deliver oral care: An observational study.