title: Oral Hygiene in Patients With Severe Mental Illness: A Pilot Study on the Collaboration Between Oral Hygienists and Mental Health Nurses.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To test (a) the effects of an educational intervention about oral hygiene on the knowledge of mental health nurses, and (b) the effects of an oral care intervention on oral health in patients with severe mental illness (SMI).
  
  
  METHODS
  We applied a pretest/posttest design to test improvements in nurses' knowledge and the oral health of SMI patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The nursing staff's knowledge increased significantly after the educational intervention. The oral health of the patients improved significantly after the oral health intervention.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Oral health of SMI patients can improve significantly with basic oral health interventions carried out by collaborating oral hygienists and mental health nurses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health, Sports & Welfare/Cluster Paramedical Sciences, Inholland University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam.|Faculty of Psychology & Pedagogics, VU University, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Langha
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: de Mey
authors.affiliation: Department of Health, Sports & Welfare/Cluster Dental Hygiene, Inholland University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam.|Faculty of Preventive Dentistry, VU/ACTA University, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Ceren
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Çömlekçi
authors.affiliation: Department of Health, Sports & Welfare/Cluster Dental Hygiene, Inholland University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam.|Faculty of Preventive Dentistry, VU/ACTA University, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Fione
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: de Reuver
authors.affiliation: GGz inGeest Mental Health Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Ineke
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: van Waard
authors.affiliation: GGz inGeest Mental Health Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands.|Cluster Nursing, Leiden University of Applied Sciences, Leiden, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: van Gool
authors.affiliation: Department of Health, Sports & Welfare/Cluster Paramedical Sciences, Inholland University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam.|Faculty of Social and Preventive Dentistry, ACTA University, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Janneke F M
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Scheerman
authors.affiliation: Research Group Mental Health Nursing, Department of Health, Sports and Welfare/Cluster Nursing, Inholland University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam.|Department of Psychiatry, VU Medical Center, Amsterdam.|Parnassia Psychiatric Institute, Parnassia Academy, The Hague, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Berno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: van Meijel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009426:Netherlands; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education*; D009910:Oral Hygiene / Q000193:education*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Oral health; oral health care; severe mental illness