Publications by authors named "D M Declerck"
Comparison of the oral health status of nursing home residents using the current and the newly developed interRAI oral health section (OHS-interRAI): a cross-sectional study.
BMC Geriatr
November 2024
Article Synopsis
- Regular dental check-ups and oral hygiene are often neglected in nursing homes, leading to poor oral health among residents; the OHS-interRAI was developed to improve the assessment of residents' oral health needs.
- A study compared the effectiveness of the traditional interRAI section to the OHS-interRAI in identifying oral health issues in over 12,000 nursing home residents, finding that the OHS-interRAI detected more oral health problems.
- While the OHS-interRAI showed higher detection rates for issues like chewing function and dry mouth, it also had more missing data, potentially due to regulatory constraints in its implementation.
Oral Health Problems Among Flemish and Dutch Nursing Home Residents Assessed by Nondental Caregivers Using the Novel Oral Health Section for Inclusion in interRAI.
Innov Aging
September 2024
Article Synopsis
- Older adults in nursing homes often have poor oral health, which can impact their overall well-being, but maintaining good oral hygiene and regular dental check-ups can prevent many issues.
- This study utilized the optimized Oral Health Section of the interRAI to assess the oral health of residents in Flemish and Dutch nursing homes, highlighting the need for caregivers to assist with oral hygiene.
- Results showed notable differences in oral health between Flemish and Dutch residents, with Flemish residents experiencing more issues like chewing difficulties and a greater need for dental referrals and hygiene assistance.
Background & Aims: Malnutrition often remains undetected in older persons, leading to increased health problems and comorbidity, prolonged hospital stays and readmissions. In 2020, data from the interRAI Home Care (interRAI HC) instrument was used to determine malnutrition status according to some of the criteria of the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM). The interRAI HC instrument showed to be effective as a screening tool for the risk of malnutrition.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Oral health is associated with general health and care dependency, but is often neglected in nursing homes. Integration of oral care into general care is necessary, but is hampered by multiple barriers at different levels. This study is part of research into the implementation of the new Oral Health Section for use within the interRAI Long-Term Care Facilities instrument, which is used to assess care needs of nursing home residents.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe last few decades have seen increasing interest in the use of cannabis for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Recent attempts to evaluate the clinical efficacy of cannabis for PTSD were inconclusive and generalizability was limited by undesirable features of the study drug. The present clinical trial evaluated the effects of a commercially available chemovar that was delivered by vaporization.
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