Effectiveness of the implementation project 'Don't forget the mouth!' - maintaining and improving oral health and general health of community dwelling elderly persons suffering from dementia.
- Conditions
- oral health and general healthcognitive impairmentDementiageneral healthgeneral healthinesshealthiness of the mouthoral health10012272
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON45997
- Lead Sponsor
- Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 176
Participant is 65 years or older, has at baseline a score from 18 through 24 on the Mini Mental State Examination, is registered with the home care organization that participates in the research, and is registered with a general health practice.;In order to be eligible to participate in this research, the general health practice, the dental practice and the home care organization are willing to include oral health care for elderly persons in the care program.
Participant lives in a care facility, or is terminally ill, or has no natural nor artificial dentition, or has a MMSE score lower than 18 at baseline, or has no physician. Additionally: participant of the control group is registered as a patient of a physician and/or dentist of the intervention group. ;A general health practice, dental practice and/or home care organization will be excluded from participation if: the physician has a temporary position, duration less than 1 year; the dental practice is poorly accessible; and the home care organization has no clients above the age of 65 years.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The main study parameter is the quality of implementation of the implementation<br /><br>project *Don*t forget the mouth!*. </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Secondary outcome measures are oral hygiene, oral health status, oral health<br /><br>related quality of life, and general health and care dependency.</p><br>