Effect of oropharyngeal exercise therapy on mouth opening, quality of life and sleep quality in post operative oral cancer patients
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: C109- Malignant neoplasm of oropharynx,unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/11/059439
- Lead Sponsor
- Sumeet Nandkumar Keode
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
1. Patients of both genders.
2. Age group 18-75 years of age.
3. Patient with histopathologically proven oral or oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.(oral cavity, oropharynx, nasopharynx, salivary gland, nasal fossae).
4. Patient who are operatied for an en bloc resection of primary tumor, neck dissection and reconstruction.
5. Patient who is receiving post operative chemotherapy.
6. Difficulty in mouth opening.
7. Patient with sleep disturbed. (insomnia)
1. Neurological (facial palsy, cognitive impairment, Alzheimer,senile dementia) or other non tumor related swallowing difficulty.
2. Risk of fracture, respiratory insufficiency (grade3)
3. Intense pain not controlled with analgesic treatment.
4. Bone metastasis with risk of fracture.
5. Patients who are on corticosteroid for more than one month.
6. Psychological reason that could hamper adherence with study protocol.
7. Patient with difficulty with completing questionnaires.
8. Intubated post operative patients.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Mouth opening ( THERABITE device) <br/ ><br>2. Quality of life (university of Washington quality of life)Timepoint: Before and after 0f 4 week intervention
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Subjective sleep quality.(PSQI and consensus sleep diary)Timepoint: Before and after 0f 4 week intervention