Oral Hygiene in Intubated Patient Based on Bibliometric Analysis: The Novelty of Oral Hygiene Tool Modification
Titis Wening Setyoharsih (a*), Saryono (b), Latifah Jehloh (c)

a) Master of Nursing Student, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jenderal Soedirman University, Indonesia
*titiswening10[at]gmail.com
b) Departement of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jenderal Soedirman University, Indonesia
c) Faculty of Nursing, Princess of Naradhiwas University, Thailand

Abstract

Background: ICU patients with critical conditions are generally intubated due to their inability to breathe independently. In intubated patients, oral immunity tends to decrease, which causes various oral health problems. These patients require assistance from nurses in meeting their basic needs, one of which is oral hygiene. ICU nurses use several protocols and tools when doing oral hygiene in intubated patients.
Purpose: This study was conducted to see the trend of previous research on oral hygiene in intubated patients in the last two decades (2003-2023) through bibliometric analysis.
Method: This study is a descriptive research. The search for research publications was conducted in August 2023, which were collected from the Scopus and PubMed databases through the Publish or Perish application. Then, checking the completeness of the publication was carried out for further visual analysis using the VOSviewer application to see visualization maps of co-occurring terms in the title and abstract.
Results: There were a total of 114 publications from 2 databases in the last two decades that discussed oral hygiene in intubated patients. Visualization in VOSviewer illustrates five main clusters on oral hygiene intubated patients. The most used keywords were patient, intubated patient, oral care, intensive care unit, and pneumonia. The research focus in the collected publications was on oral hygiene protocols in intubated patients. From this result, the keyword suction toothbrush does not appear in the visualization maps of co-occurring terms.
Conclusion: Based on the analysis, research on this protocol, its implementation, appropriate methods, and frequency are still lacking. In addition, research that focuses on using suction toothbrushes as a tool for oral hygiene in intubated patients in Indonesia and modifications to suction toothbrushes that are suitable for patient conditions in Indonesia has yet to be created.

Keywords: oral hygiene, intubated patient, bibliometric, suction toothbrush

Topic: Nursing care