Nursing Case Management Strategies for Adults with Serious Mental Illness Seeking Dental Services |
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| Authors: | Barbara J. Burgel Brianna Devito Gerri Collins-Bride Bethany Sullivan Anne Retzlaff Susan Hyde |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Community Health Systems, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Nursing, San Francisco, California, USA;2. Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences, UCSF School of Dentistry, San Francisco, California, USA |
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| Abstract: | A university-community partnership initiated a dental screening and nursing case management program for Medicaid-insured adults with serious mental illness (SMI). Forty-three adults with SMI participated in dental screening; 72% participated in case management. Per client, an average of six case management contacts was made. After 6 months, 87% (27/31) had attended at least one dental appointment, with a 13% no-show rate; 8 completed treatment, 4 had ongoing treatment, 12 had interrupted care, and 3 were lost to follow-up. Adults with SMI experienced high unmet dental needs; nursing case management strategies aided clients to initiate and complete dental care. |
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| Keywords: | case management serious mental illness dental health nurse practitioners |
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