A randomized clinical trial to assess the effectiveness of post operative swallowing exercises and nutritional intervention in patients undergoing Head and Neck Cancer treatment at a tertiary care center
概览
- 阶段
- 4 期
- 状态
- 尚未招募
- 发起方
- Doppalapudi Radhika
- 入组人数
- 80
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Improvement in mouth opening
概览
简要总结
PhD THESIS with the title of A Randomized clinical trial to assess the effectiveness of swallowing exercises and nutritional intervention in patients undergoing head and neck cancer treatment at a tertiary care center
Swallowing exercises are to be performed by the head and neck cancer patients as demonstrated and the improvement in mouth opening are noted. Nutritional health education is provided by the nutritionist and height, weight, body mass index before and after the treatment is noted. The EORCTC head and neck cancer questionnaire will be distributed to these patients and the responses on quality of life of these patients will be recorded.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Coin toss, Lottery, toss of dice, shuffling cards etc
- 盲法
- Outcome Assessor Blinded
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 30.00 Year(s) 至 70.00 Year(s)（—）
- 性别
- All
入选标准
- •head and neck cancer patients treated at a tertiary care center.
排除标准
- •patients who have undergone glossectomy as a part of the treatment for head and neck cancer patients who are not willing to participate in the study.
结局指标
主要结局
Improvement in mouth opening
时间窗: 6 months | 12 months
Body mass Index
时间窗: 6 months | 12 months
次要结局
- Quality of life assessment using EORCTC Head & Neck questionnaire(6 months & 12 months)
研究者
DrDoppalapudi Radhika
Saveetha Dental College, SIMATS