Improving oral health in people with severe mental illness (SMI): A systematic review.

<h4>Background</h4>Those with severe mental illness (SMI) are at greater risk of having poor oral health, which can have an impact on daily activities such as eating, socialising and working. There is currently a lack of evidence to suggest which oral health interventions are effective f...

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Main Authors: Alexandra Macnamara, Masuma Pervin Mishu, Mehreen Riaz Faisal, Mohammed Islam, Emily Peckham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260766
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author Alexandra Macnamara
Masuma Pervin Mishu
Mehreen Riaz Faisal
Mohammed Islam
Emily Peckham
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Masuma Pervin Mishu
Mehreen Riaz Faisal
Mohammed Islam
Emily Peckham
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description <h4>Background</h4>Those with severe mental illness (SMI) are at greater risk of having poor oral health, which can have an impact on daily activities such as eating, socialising and working. There is currently a lack of evidence to suggest which oral health interventions are effective for improving oral health outcomes for people with SMI.<h4>Aims</h4>This systematic review aims to examine the effectiveness of oral health interventions in improving oral health outcomes for those with SMI.<h4>Methods</h4>The review protocol was registered with PROSPERO (ID CRD42020187663). Medline, EMBASE, PsycINFO, AMED, HMIC, CINAHL, Scopus and the Cochrane Library were searched for studies, along with conference proceedings and grey literature sources. Titles and abstracts were dual screened by two reviewers. Two reviewers also independently performed full text screening, data extraction and risk of bias assessments. Due to heterogeneity between studies, a narrative synthesis was undertaken.<h4>Results</h4>In total, 1462 abstracts from the database search and three abstracts from grey literature sources were identified. Following screening, 12 studies were included in the review. Five broad categories of intervention were identified: dental education, motivational interviewing, dental checklist, dietary change and incentives. Despite statistically significant changes in plaque indices and oral health behaviours as a result of interventions using dental education, motivational interviewing and incentives, it is unclear if these changes are clinically significant.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Although some positive results in this review demonstrate that dental education shows promise as an intervention for those with SMI, the quality of evidence was graded as very low to moderate quality. Further research is in this area is required to provide more conclusive evidence.
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spelling doaj.art-247f617a25ce4446b1c73d66f5ea8c4d2022-12-21T21:19:33ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032021-01-011612e026076610.1371/journal.pone.0260766Improving oral health in people with severe mental illness (SMI): A systematic review.Alexandra MacnamaraMasuma Pervin MishuMehreen Riaz FaisalMohammed IslamEmily Peckham<h4>Background</h4>Those with severe mental illness (SMI) are at greater risk of having poor oral health, which can have an impact on daily activities such as eating, socialising and working. There is currently a lack of evidence to suggest which oral health interventions are effective for improving oral health outcomes for people with SMI.<h4>Aims</h4>This systematic review aims to examine the effectiveness of oral health interventions in improving oral health outcomes for those with SMI.<h4>Methods</h4>The review protocol was registered with PROSPERO (ID CRD42020187663). Medline, EMBASE, PsycINFO, AMED, HMIC, CINAHL, Scopus and the Cochrane Library were searched for studies, along with conference proceedings and grey literature sources. Titles and abstracts were dual screened by two reviewers. Two reviewers also independently performed full text screening, data extraction and risk of bias assessments. Due to heterogeneity between studies, a narrative synthesis was undertaken.<h4>Results</h4>In total, 1462 abstracts from the database search and three abstracts from grey literature sources were identified. Following screening, 12 studies were included in the review. Five broad categories of intervention were identified: dental education, motivational interviewing, dental checklist, dietary change and incentives. Despite statistically significant changes in plaque indices and oral health behaviours as a result of interventions using dental education, motivational interviewing and incentives, it is unclear if these changes are clinically significant.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Although some positive results in this review demonstrate that dental education shows promise as an intervention for those with SMI, the quality of evidence was graded as very low to moderate quality. Further research is in this area is required to provide more conclusive evidence.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260766
spellingShingle Alexandra Macnamara
Masuma Pervin Mishu
Mehreen Riaz Faisal
Mohammed Islam
Emily Peckham
Improving oral health in people with severe mental illness (SMI): A systematic review.
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title Improving oral health in people with severe mental illness (SMI): A systematic review.
title_full Improving oral health in people with severe mental illness (SMI): A systematic review.
title_fullStr Improving oral health in people with severe mental illness (SMI): A systematic review.
title_full_unstemmed Improving oral health in people with severe mental illness (SMI): A systematic review.
title_short Improving oral health in people with severe mental illness (SMI): A systematic review.
title_sort improving oral health in people with severe mental illness smi a systematic review
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