PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To review the literature related to chemotherapy-induced oral mucositis and highlight four empirically supported oral mucositis rating scales that oncology nurses can use. DATA SOURCES CINAHL and MEDLINE databases, published articles, and supplemental publications. DATA SYNTHESIS Various oral mucositis rating scales have been developed; however, a lack of consensus exists...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the present work was to assess the value of non-nutritive sucking (NNS) measures as predictors of oral feeding performance in comparison to other putative predictors of feeding skills: respiratory support, post-menstrual age (PMA) at birth and the neonatal oral motor assessment score (NOMAS). METHODS This was a prospective, observational study. Cox proportional hazards an...

OBJECTIVES To validate a nutritional intervention programme for elderly people living in nursing homes. DESIGN In a prospective, randomized, controlled study of 88 residents, we determined nutritional status at day 0 and day 60 using a record of dietary intake, anthropometry, hand-grip strength and mini-nutritional assessment. Dietary intake, grip strength and body weight were also recorded a...

This study investigated the effects of planned focus-on-form instruction (pFFI) on developing oral grammatical accuracy in Iranian English EFL learners. To this end, 60 lower-intermediate EFL learners studying English in a private English language institute in Tehran, Iran, were randomly assigned to two classes. Both classes received a task-based instruction on grammatical points elicited in or...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to develop a Korean version of the OIDP index for elderly people and to assess the levels of sociodental impacts in an older Korean population. METHODS The OIDP index for elderly people was cross-culturally adapted from English into Korean and then the derived instrument was tested for reliability and validity. The study population was elderly (65+ year-old) reside...

BACKGROUND People in Appalachia experience some of the worst oral health in the United States. To develop effective intervention and prevention strategies in Appalachia, we must understand the complex relationships among the contributing factors and how they affect the etiology of oral diseases. To date, no such comprehensive analysis has been conducted. This report summarizes the characteristi...

The current study examined the diagnostic accuracy of two screening measures of risk for future difficulties in reading comprehension, as well as the degree to which adding a screening measure of reading comprehension enhanced the prediction of Oral Reading Fluency to outcomes of student reading performance on the state high stakes assessment for grades 3 through 5. Data from fall and winter as...

BACKGROUND A parental/family history of poor oral health may influence the oral-health-related quality of life (OHRQOL) of adults. OBJECTIVES To determine whether the oral health of mothers of young children can predict the OHRQOL of those same children when they reach adulthood. METHODS Oral examination and interview data from the Dunedin Study's age-32 assessment, as well as maternal self...