An integrated oral health program for rural residential aged care facilities: a mixed methods comparative study

Table 2 Results of the oral health audit at the facilities with and without access to the integrated oral health model

RACF compliance with Best Practice: General
	With Integrated Model (n = 111)		Without Integrated Model (n = 141)
	N	%	N	%	χ²	p	φ
OH Care Plan in Place	105	94.6	122	86.5	4.526	0.033^a	0.134
OH Care Plan Satisfactory	99	89.2	106	75.2	8.037	0.005^a	0.179
Last Dental Visit recorded	33	29.7	17 Missing^b 42	17.2	4.549	0.033^a	0.147
Nominated Dentist Recorded	78	70.3	67 Missing^b 44	69.1	0.035	0.851	0.013
Toothbrush available	103	92.8	132	93.6	0.067	0.796	0.16
Toothbrush regularly replaced	95	85.6	97	68.8	9.563	0.002^a	0.196
RACF compliance with Best Practice for those with Dentures
	With Integrated Model (those with dentures n = 57)		Without Integrated Model (those with dentures n = 95)
	N	%	N	%	χ²	p	φ
Denture Cups Labelled	21	36.5	36	37.9	0.017	0.897	0.011
Denture Cups replaced weekly	26	45.6	49	51.6	0.507	0.476	0.058
Correct Storage of Dentures	30	52.63	41	43.2	1.285	0.257	0.092

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