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The Effect of Chewing Gum, Exercises of the Tongue, Lip, Jaw on Salivation, Xerostomia, Dysphagia in Sjögren's Syndrome

NCT05680064 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 86

Last updated 2023-07-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Sjögren's syndrome (SS) is a chronic, systemic and autoimmune disease characterized by inflammation, fibrosis and dysfunction of exocrine glands such as tear and salivary glands. SS is defined as primary SS when it progresses alone without any other rheumatic disease finding, while the definition of secondary SS is used in the presence of another accompanying autoimmune disease. One of the most disturbing symptoms of SS is hyposalivation, xerostomia and dysphagia due to hypofunction of salivary glands. While xerostomia is the patient's subjective perception of dry mouth, hyposalivation is also evaluated objectively by salivary flow rate measurement methods. Studies have reported that 0.9% to 64.8% of patients with SS experience xerostomia and 32% to 72% of them experience dysphagia. It was planned as a randomized controlled study to examine its effect on dysphagia.

Conditions

  • Sjögren's Syndrome
  • Xerostomia
  • Dysphagia
  • Salivary Flow Rate

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Tongue, lip, chin exercise group

In order to evaluate the effect of chewing gum and tongue, lip and chin exercises on salivary flow rate, xerostomia and dysphagia, both intervention groups will work in a determined time frame daily.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Fatma I CINAR, Prof · Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi

  • Muhammet CINAR, Prof · Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi

  • Vicdan ITISGEN · Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-01-10
Primary Completion
2023-07-01
Completion
2023-07-18

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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