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Improvements in Pneumonia Status After Oral Care Intervention in Taiwan

NCT03874962 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 220

Last updated 2019-03-14

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Summary

The correlation between improvement in oral health, reduction in oral bacterial concentration, and status of pneumonia hospitalization remains unclear. To determine the effects of professional oral care intervention on the index of oral health, salivary and sputum bacterial concentrations, and pneumonia hospitalization status of nursing home residents using a quasi-experimental study. Two nursing homes were on demand selected as the intervention and control groups; in the intervention group, weekly professional oral care was administered in addition to regular oral care by trained dental hygienists. Demographic data and oral health status were analyzed. Total salivary and sputum bacterial concentrations were determined using real-time polymerase chain reaction.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Routine oral cleaning and professional oral care group

Besides routine oral cleaning was conducted by caregivers, professional oral care intervention was conducted by dental hygienists, and it included muscle massage, oral cleaning, and oral health education once a week.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Shun-Te Huang, Professor · Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
51 Years
Max Age
102 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-08-01
Primary Completion
2015-09-01
Completion
2017-09-30

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