Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria | |
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Study type | • Primary, empirical, quantitative studies (survey studies, randomized controlled trials, non-randomized trials with or without control group, cohort or case control studies, cross-sectional studies) • Qualitative studies (qualitative interviews, focus groups, ethnographic observations, qualitative case studies) • Mixed-methods studies • Systematic reviews and meta-analyses | • Non-empirical work (editorials, opinion texts, theoretical discussions) • Non-systematic (selective) reviews. We will, however, screen reference lists of those reviews for eligible studies. |
Study focus | • Barriers and facilitators, as perceived by care aides, to providing oral health care to nursing home residents | • Barriers and facilitators to providing oral health care to nursing home residents as perceived by persons other than care aides, such as the following: - Other care provider groups (nurses, allied health providers, dental professionals) - Managers (care managers, directors of care, facility administrators) - Researchers - Policymakers • Studies not empirically assessing barriers and facilitators to providing oral health care from the perspective of care aides |
Setting | • Residential facilities that provide care for frail older adults over a prolonged time period (nursing homes, personal care homes, special or complex care homes, residential long-term care facilities, residential facilities, skilled nursing facilities, etc.) • Residential facilities providing care for less dependent residents (assisted living, supportive living) | • Residential facilities providing care for relatively healthy and independent residents (i.e. independent living facilities, such as retirement homes, senior housing) • Day or night care facilities • Hospitals, home care, primary care, care housing |
Participants | • Formal, paid, unregulated care providers (care aides) providing oral health care in nursing homes | • Unpaid caregivers, volunteers, family members • Regulated care providers (nurses, allied health providers, dental professionals) |