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Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

From: Barriers and facilitators in providing oral health care to nursing home residents, from the perspective of care aides—a systematic review protocol

 

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

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)