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Oral Health Status in Care-dependent Community Dwelling Elders

NCT04656327 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 300

Last updated 2020-12-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The primary aim of this cross-sectional survey in Zurich is to assess the oral health status (OHS), Oral Health Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL), and the nutritional status (NS) of community-dwelling elders dependent for care. The secondary objective of this study evaluates whether the OHS, OHRQoL and NS are influenced by cognitive status, level of dependency, socio-economic status and level of education. The tertiary objective is to assess whether the quality of nutritional uptake (refrigerator content) by the community-dwelling elders dependent for care is influenced by OHS/function, level of dependency, cognitive impairment, socio-economic status or level of education and the proximity and/or access to food sources (supermarkets).

Conditions

  • Oral-health
  • Nutritional Status

Interventions

OTHER

No intervention

There is no intervention in this study. It is a cross-section study evaluating the oral health and nutritional statuses of community-dwelling elders dependent for care for their activities of daily living.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Zurich

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Murali Srinivasan, BDS, MDS, MBA, MAS · University of Zurich

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-09-26
Primary Completion
2023-09-30
Completion
2024-12-31

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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