Optimising Nutrition, Oral Health and Medication for Older Home Care Clients (NutOrMed)
- Conditions
- Nutrition, Oral Health
- Interventions
- Other: Nutrition and oral health interventions
- Registration Number
- NCT02214758
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Eastern Finland
- Brief Summary
The aim of the study is to evaluate the impact of six month long nutritional and oral health intervention on nutritional status, oral health, functional performance and hospital admission/costs on older persons using home care services. Additionally, participants are interviewed at home regarding their drugs use and this information will be compared with medication information in electronic patient records.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 300
- home care clients
- under 75 years
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- FACTORIAL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Oral health counseling Nutrition and oral health interventions - Dietary counseling Nutrition and oral health interventions -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change from baseline in nutritional status on the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) test and s-albumin level at months 6 Baseline, Month 6 Using MNA test and s-albumin level test
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change from baseline in oral health status on clinical oral health examination and in-home interview at months 6 Baseline, Month 6 Clinical oral health examination included type and location of removable dental prosthesis, examination of the oral mucosa, number and location of teeth, condition of teeth, presence of plaque, gingival bleeding and measurement of periodontal pockets. In-home interview included questions about dental and denture hygiene, a subjective feeling of dry mouth and pain in mouth