1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Strongly Agree | Agree | Neither Agree nor Disagree | Disagree | Strongly Disagree |
# Statement | Mean | |||
1) “I have adequate time to provide oral care at least once a day” | 1.49 | |||
2) “I have been given adequate training in providing oral care” | 1.02 | |||
3) “There are supplies readily available to provide oral care in our unit” | 1.35 | |||
4) “I prefer using an electric toothbrush to a manual toothbrush for cleaning patients’ teeth” | 3.95 | |||
5) “The toothbrushes provided by the hospital are suitable for our patients” | 2.28 | |||
6) “Oral care is a very high priority for mechanically ventilated patients” | 1.19 | |||
7) “I find cleaning the oral cavity to be an unpleasant task” | 4.44 | |||
8) “The oral cavity is a difficult area of the body to clean” | 4.37 | |||
9) “No matter what I do, the mouths of most of the ventilated patients seem to get worse the longer they are on the ventilator” | 3.28 |