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Knowledge, attitude, and practice toward oral frailty management among nursing staff and its determinant factors: a multicentre cross-sectional study.

Frontiers in oral health · Zhang Y, Tan X, Chen Q, Li W, Zhang Z, Chen S, Zhou T · 2026-07-22

A cross-sectional survey of over 1,000 nursing staff found that while attitudes toward oral frailty management were generally positive, nurses possessed relatively low knowledge levels and inconsistently implemented related practices; specialist geriatric training and prior exposure to oral frailty patients were associated with better outcomes across these dimensions.

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