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Researcher
Barbara Janssens
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2026
Using the Intervention Mapping Protocol to Design an Oral Health Promotion Intervention for Frail Home‐Dwelling Older Persons in Belgium
Ellen Baele
Natalie Hoste
Aster De Vleeschauwer
Fien Mertens
Peter Pype
Barbara Janssens
Louise Poppe
U
Journal Article
in
Gerodontology
2026
‘Letting sleeping dogs lie’ or taking action on oral care? A qualitative study with informal caregivers of frail home‐dwelling older persons
Ellen Baele
Aster De Vleeschauwer
Fien Mertens
Natalie Hoste
Louise Poppe
Peter Pype
Barbara Janssens
A1
Journal Article
in
GERODONTOLOGY
2026
2025
A comparative analysis of oral hygiene in nursing homes with and without a structured oral healthcare programme
Lynn Janssens
Emma Temmerman
Jonas Maertens
Luc De Visschere
Mirko Petrovic
Barbara Janssens
A1
Journal Article
in
GERODONTOLOGY
2025
Can a low-threshold check-up motivate older adults to schedule a dental visit? Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Aster De Vleeschauwer
Louise Poppe
Roos Colman
Barbara Janssens
A1
Journal Article
in
TRIALS
2025
Care home managers’ perspectives on domiciliary dental care : a qualitative study
Lynn Janssens
Inès Phlypo
Andrew Geddis-Regan
Mirko Petrovic
Barbara Janssens
A1
Journal Article
in
BMC GERIATRICS
2025
Changing oral health trajectories : a 10-year cross-sectional comparison of two domiciliary dental care patient groups in nursing homes
Lynn Janssens
Mirko Petrovic
Finbarr Allen
Roos Colman
Barbara Janssens
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION
2025
Dental utilisation patterns among older adults in Belgium : a retrospective observational study
Aster De Vleeschauwer
Louise Poppe
Didier Willaert
Hervé Avalosse
Peter Pype
Barbara Janssens
A1
Journal Article
in
COMMUNITY DENTAL HEALTH
2025
Gerodent PLUS : an oral health promotion intervention for frail home-dwelling older adults
Ellen Baele
Aster De Vleeschauwer
Natalie Hoste
Louise Poppe
Peter Pype
Fien Mertens
Barbara Janssens
C3
Conference
2025
Impact of oral care reimbursement policy on dental attendance
Barbara Janssens
Didier Willaert
Upul Cooray
C3
Conference
2025
Improving interprofessional collaboration among primary care professionals regarding oral health for frail home-dwelling older people
Natalie Hoste
Ellen Baele
Aster De Vleeschauwer
Fien Mertens
Louise Poppe
Barbara Janssens
Peter Pype
C3
Conference
2025
Interprofessional collaboration on oral health for frail home-dwelling older people : a focus group study on needs and barriers experienced by general practitioners and community pharmacists
Natalie Hoste
Ellen Baele
Aster De Vleeschauwer
Fien Mertens
Louise Poppe
Barbara Janssens
Peter Pype
A1
Journal Article
in
BMC PRIMARY CARE
2025
Mobile dental services
Murali Srinivasan
Barbara Janssens
David MacDonald
Frauke Müller
Bookchapter
in
Oral healthcare and the frail elder
2025
Oral care experiences of home‐dwelling frail older adults in Flanders, Belgium : a qualitative study
Aster De Vleeschauwer
Ellen Baele
Fien Mertens
Natalie Hoste
Louise Poppe
Peter Pype
Barbara Janssens
A1
Journal Article
in
GERODONTOLOGY
2025
Oral Care Protocols for Preventing Non-Ventilator Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (NV-HAP) in Hospital Settings: A Scoping Review
Sungkrit Pojmonpiti
Veerle De Herdt
Julie Van Esbroeck
Renske Blommaert
Katja Batens
Margot Baudelet
Barbara Janssens
U
Conference
2025
Oral health and domiciliary dental care in care home residents : navigating the path forward
Lynn Janssens
Barbara Janssens
Mirko Petrovic
Dissertation
2025
Special care dentistry (undergraduate) education : essential as a starting point, yet insufficient to overcome barriers
Inès Phlypo
Louise Poppe
Ellen Palmers
Dominique Declerck
Barbara Janssens
A1
Journal Article
in
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF DENTAL EDUCATION
2025
The attitude of nursing staff towards oral healthcare for care‐dependent older adults (ANOCO) questionnaire : development and validation
Ellen E. Palmers
Martijn Lambert
Jacques Vanobbergen
Johanna De Almeida Mello
Joke Duyck
Patricia Claessens
Luc De Visschere
Barbara Janssens
A1
Journal Article
in
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DENTAL HYGIENE
2025
The importance of volitional determinants in carer-led oral health interventions
Inès Phlypo
Barbara Janssens
Natalie Hoste
Ann Van Hecke
Dominique Declerck
Maïté Verloigne
Louise Poppe
C3
Conference
2025
The role of oral status and oral hygiene care in stroke-associated pneumonia and swallowing recovery in post-stroke dysphagia : protocol for a prospective cohort study and a multi-arm randomized controlled trial
Sungkrit Pojmonpiti
Margot Baudelet
Katja Batens
Veerle De Herdt
Barbara Janssens
C3
Conference
2025
Treatment planning, and integrating oral and general healthcare
C. Peter Owen
Joke Duyck
Barbara Janssens
David MacDonald
Chao Shu Yao
Alan A. Deutsch
Michael I. MacEntee
Bookchapter
in
Oral healthcare and the frail elder
2025
Wortelcariës
Barbara Janssens
Article in a magazine
2025
2024
'When I was young, a toothbrush was like a rolls-royce for a laborer' : a qualitative study of oral care behavior of home-dwelling frail older people in Flanders, Belgium
Aster De Vleeschauwer
Ellen Baele
Natalie Hoste
Louise Poppe
Peter Pype
Fien Mertens
Barbara Janssens
C3
Conference
2024
Appropriate use of antibiotics for oral/dental conditions in older adults : a narrative review
Ljiljana Djukic
George Soulis
Barbara Janssens
Frauke Müller
Mirko Petrovic
Anastassia Kossioni
A1
Journal Article
in
ACTA CLINICA BELGICA
2024
Dental outreach in nursing homes : a 10-year oral health comparison
Lynn Janssens
Mirko Petrovic
Barbara Janssens
C3
Conference
2024
Developing a carer-led intervention for people with disabilities using HAPA
Inès Phlypo
Barbara Janssens
Ellen Palmers
Dominique Declerck
Louise Poppe
C3
Conference
2024
Editorial : health services research in an ageing society
Barbara Janssens
Moira B. Smith
Editorial material
2024
Evolving oral health trajectories in Flemish nursing home residents receiving mobile care
Lynn Janssens
Mirko Petrovic
Roos Colman
Barbara Janssens
C3
Conference
2024
Frail older adults' oral care through informal caregivers' eyes
Ellen Baele
Aster De Vleeschauwer
Natalie Hoste
Louise Poppe
Peter Pype
Fien Mertens
Barbara Janssens
C3
Conference
2024
Interprofessional collaboration on oral health for frail home-dwelling older people
Natalie Hoste
Ellen Baele
Aster De Vleeschauwer
Fien Mertens
Louise Poppe
Barbara Janssens
Peter Pype
C3
Conference
2024
Mondzorg bij kwetsbare ouderen
Claar van der Maarel-Wierink
Barbara Janssens
Luc De Visschere
A2
Journal Article
in
SENIOR (GOMPEL&SVACINA)
2024
Preliminary process evaluation of The Oral Health Care Path Plus (TOHCPP) intervention
Inès Phlypo
Louise Poppe
Dominique Declerck
Maïté Verloigne
Ann Van Hecke
Barbara Janssens
C3
Conference
2024
Towards an operational definition of oral frailty : a e-Delphi study
Karl G.H. Parisius
Merel C. Verhoeff
Frank Lobbezoo
Limor Avivi-Arber
Joke Duyck
Hirohiko Hirano
Katsuya Iijima
Barbara Janssens
Anastassia Kossioni
Chia-Shu Lin
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
ARCHIVES OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS
2024
2023
Care dependency and tooth loss increment in nursing home residents
Barbara Janssens
Murray Thomson
C3
Conference
2023
Clinical and subjective oral health status of care home residents in Europe : a systematic review
Lynn Janssens
Egle Petrauskiene
Georgios Tsakos
Barbara Janssens
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION
2023
Frailty as a determinant of dental attendance among community‐dwelling older adults
Barbara Janssens
Georgios Tsakos
Luc De Visschere
Dominique Verté
Nico De Witte
A1
Journal Article
in
GERODONTOLOGY
2023
Needs and barriers for interprofessional collaboration in oral health care for frail home-dwelling older people : experiences of primary care professionals in Belgium
Natalie Hoste
Ellen Baele
Aster De Vleeschauwer
Peter Pype
Barbara Janssens
Fien Mertens
Louise Poppe
C3
Conference
2023
Reducing oral health inequalities for frail older people by improving access to oral care and integrated oral care
Ellen Baele
Natalie Hoste
Aster De Vleeschauwer
Barbara Janssens
Peter Pype
Louise Poppe
Fien Mertens
C3
Conference
2023
Willingness of dental professionals to participate in special care dentistry
Inès Phlypo
Ellen Palmers
Dominique Declerck
Barbara Janssens
C3
Conference
2023
2022
Caregivers’ perspectives on oral health of people with disabilities : qualitative research
Kato Merchiers
Inès Phlypo
Barbara Janssens
C3
Conference
2022
Experiences and preferences of nursing home residents on professional on-site oral healthcare in Flanders (Belgium)
Lynn Janssens
Barbara Janssens
C3
Conference
2022
Mondgezondheid bij de oudere patiënt
Gert-Jan van der Putten
Suzanne Delwel
Barbara Janssens
Bookchapter
in
Leerboek geriatrie : probleemgeoriënteerd werken met ouderen
2022
Onverwachte coïncidentie : gebitscontrole wordt levensbedreigend hoofd-hals emfyseem
Yvan Verhelle
Peter Van Haecke
Barbara Janssens
C3
Conference
2022
Oral healthcare delivery in institutionalised older people : a health‐economic evaluation
Amber Werbrouck
Masja Schmidt
Lieven Annemans
Joke Duyck
Barbara Janssens
Steven Simoens
Nick Verhaeghe
Koen Putman
A1
Journal Article
in
GERODONTOLOGY
2022
The effect of a structured oral healthcare programme on oral hygiene in nursing homes in Flanders (Belgium)
Lynn Janssens
Barbara Janssens
C3
Conference
2022
The perception of oral health among care staff in residential care organizations for people with disablities in Flanders (Belgium)
Inès Phlypo
Ellen Palmers
Kato Merchiers
Lynn Janssens
Dominique Declerck
Louise Poppe
Barbara Janssens
C3
Conference
2022
2021
Assessment of oral health in older adults by non-dental professional caregivers : development and validation of a photograph-supported oral health–related section for the interRAI suite of instruments
Stefanie Krausch-Hofmann
Trung Dung Tran
Barbara Janssens
Dominique Declerck
Emmanuel Lesaffre
Johanna de Almeida Mello
Anja Declercq
Jan De Lepeleire
Joke Duyck
A1
Journal Article
in
CLINICAL ORAL INVESTIGATIONS
2021
Diabetes en mondgezondheid
Katleen Vandamme
Ellen Palmers
Barbara Janssens
Joke Duyck
A4
Journal Article
in
VLAAMS TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR DIABETOLOGIE
2021
Tandheelkundig onderwijs anno 2025 : een inventarisatie van het gerodontologie-onderwijs bij 5 Nederlandse en Vlaamse opleidingen tandheelkunde
J. Tams
C. D. van der Maarel-Wierink,
W. J. Klüter,
J. Duyck,
Barbara Janssens
A. Visser
A2
Journal Article
in
NEDERLANDS TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR TANDHEELKUNDE
2021
Tooth loss patterns and incidence among frail nursing home residents in Flanders
Saskia Huylebroek
Barbara Janssens
C3
Conference
2021
Xerostomia and polypharmacy among dependent older New Zealanders : a national survey
William Murray Thomson
Catherine Anna Ferguson
Barbara Janssens
Ngaire Kerse
Graeme S Ting
Moira Smith
A1
Journal Article
in
AGE AND AGEING
2021
2020
Is frailty a determinant for self-perceived oral health among community-dwelling older adults?
Barbara Janssens
Luc De Visschere
Dominique Verté
Nico De Witte
C3
Conference
2020
Medications and oral health : points to consider in older people
Mirko Petrovic
Barbara Janssens
Bookchapter
in
Gerodontology essentials for health care professionals : practical issues in geriatrics
2020
Oral health promotion in primary and institutional care
Barbara Janssens
Anastassia Kossioni
Bookchapter
in
Gerodontology essentials for health care professionals : practical issues in geriatrics
2020
2019
Cost-effectiveness of oral care in institutionalized older people
Amber Werbrouck
Masja Schmidt
Lieven Annemans
Joke Duyck
Barbara Janssens
Steven Simoens
Nick Verhaeghe
Koen Putman
C3
Conference
2019
Ethische kwesties in de mondzorg voor kwetsbare ouderen
Rob Schaub
Barbara Janssens
Mirko Petrovic
Evert van Leeuwen
A2
Journal Article
in
NEDERLANDS TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR TANDHEELKUNDE
2019
Mondzorg bij ouderen: een uitdaging? : determinanten voor mondgezondheid bij ouderen
Barbara Janssens
Lynn Janssens
Nico De Witte
Anita Visser
A2
Journal Article
in
NEDERLANDS TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR TANDHEELKUNDE
2019
Op weg naar een proactieve en persoonsgerichte ouderenzorg
Jos MGA Schols
Mirko Petrovic
Barbara Janssens
Nico De Witte
A2
Journal Article
in
NEDERLANDS TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR TANDHEELKUNDE
2019
Wetenschapsagenda 'Mondzorg voor ouderen' in Nederland en Vlaanderen
Anita Visser
Claar van der Maarel-Wierink
Barbara Janssens
Dominique Niesten
Katarina Jercovic-Cosic
Joke Duyck
Anneloes Gerritsen
Vanessa Hollaar
Stefanie Krausch-Hofmann
Gert-Jan van der Putten
et al.
A2
Journal Article
in
NEDERLANDS TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR TANDHEELKUNDE
2019
2018
Effect of an oral healthcare programme on care staff knowledge and attitude regarding oral health : a non-randomised intervention trial
Barbara Janssens
Jacques Vanobbergen
Martijn Lambert
Jos Schols
Luc De Visschere
A1
Journal Article
in
CLINICAL ORAL INVESTIGATIONS
2018
Impact of an oral healthcare programme in nursing homes
Barbara Janssens
Jacques Vanobbergen
Mirko Petrovic
Wolfgang Jacquet
Jos MGA Schols
Luc De Visschere
C3
Conference
2018
Practical guidelines for physicians in promoting oral health in frail older adults
Anastassia E Kossioni
Justyna Hajto-Bryk
Barbara Janssens
Stefania Maggi
Leonardo Marchini
Gerry McKenna
Frauke Müller
Mirko Petrovic
Regina Elisabeth Roller-Wirnsberger
Martin Schimmel
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION
2018
The impact of a preventive and curative oral healthcare program on the prevalence and incidence of oral health problems in nursing home residents
Barbara Janssens
Jacques Vanobbergen
Mirko Petrovic
Wolfgang Jacquet
Jos MGA Schols
Luc De Visschere
A1
Journal Article
in
PLOS ONE
2018
2017
A pilot assessment tool of the need for oral health care and cost prediction in institutionalized elderly people
Seyed Reza Miremadi
Jan Cosyn
Barbara Janssens
Hugo De Bruyn
Jacques Vanobbergen
Luc De Visschere
A1
Journal Article
in
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DENTAL HYGIENE
2017
Medication use and its potential impact on the oral health status of nursing home residents in Flanders (Belgium)
Barbara Janssens
Mirko Petrovic
Wolfgang Jacquet
Jos MGA Schols
Jacques Vanobbergen
Luc De Visschere
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION
2017
Oral healthcare in nursing homes : fighting against the backlog
Barbara Janssens
Luc De Visschere
Jos Schols
Jacques Vanobbergen
Dissertation
2017
The oral health condition and treatment needs of nursing home residents in Flanders (Belgium)
Barbara Janssens
Jacques Vanobbergen
Mirko Petrovic
Wolfgang Jacquet
Jos MGA Schols
Luc De Visschere
A1
Journal Article
in
COMMUNITY DENTAL HEALTH
2017
2016
An oral health survey of vulnerable older people in Belgium
Luc De Visschere
Barbara Janssens
Griet De Reu
Joke Duyck
Jacques Vanobbergen
A1
Journal Article
in
CLINICAL ORAL INVESTIGATIONS
2016
Effect of an oral healthcare protocol in nursing homes on care staffs' knowledge and attitude towards oral health care : a cluster-randomised controlled trial
Barbara Janssens
Luc De Visschere
Gert-Jan van der Putten
Kersti de Lugt-Lustig
Jacques Vanobbergen
A1
Journal Article
in
GERODONTOLOGY
2016