TY - JOUR T1 - Comparing the effect of Echinacea and chlorhexidine mouthwash on oral health in patients hospitalized in intensive care units TT - مقایسه تاثیر دهانشویه اکیناسه و کلرهگزیدین بر بهداشت دهان بیماران اینتوبه بستری در بخش های مراقبت ویژه JF - CMJA JO - CMJA VL - 2 IS - 3 UR - http://cmja.arakmu.ac.ir/article-1-133-en.html Y1 - 2012 SP - 222 EP - 234 KW - Intensive care units KW - Chlorhexidine KW - Echinacea KW - Oral health. N2 - Introduction: Maintaining oral health care of patients with an endotracheal tube is one of the most important responsibility of nurses. This study was conducted to compare the effect of two mouthwashes (Echinacea and chlorhexidine) on the oral health of patients in intensive care units. Methods: This is a randomized clinical trial that 70 unconscious patients with an oral endotracheal tube, the age of 18-65 years were enrolled with simple sampling and randomly divided into experimental (Echinacea) and control (chlorhexidine) groups. Before (first day) and after the intervention (fourth day), data was collected using an oral health checklist. For data analysis, SPSS-16 software, Chi-square, Fisher exact test, student t test, and Friedman test were used. Results: There was no significant difference between intervention and control groups in terms of demographic characteristics, oral health, and other characteristics (P=0.4). Oral health between intervention and control groups showed no significant differences after 4 days (P=0.27). Before and after the study, oral health of intervention group (Echinacea), have been improved and the difference was significant (P M3 ER -