Satisfaction of the older people, caregivers and health personnel to use a suction toothbrush with tooth foam in cleaning the oral cavity of the dependent older people
- Registration Number
- TCTR20230522002
- Lead Sponsor
- STDA JRA-CO-2565-17329-TH
- Brief Summary
sing regular toothbrush or suction toothbrush resulted in a much higher average satisfaction score. This results show when comparing the before and after periods, with statistical significance at the.05 (95% confidence interval) in community site and.01 levels (99% confidence interval) in hospital site. Most participants reported improved pleasure in taste and odor after using toothfoam, in that order.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 29
1.Older people:
1.1 Barthel Activities of Daily Living index 0-11 scores
1.2 Abbreviated Mental Test =4 scores
1.3 Unable self-care tooth brushing
1.4 Present at least 6 natural teeth
1.5 Proficiency in Thai language for communication
1.6 Approved research consent
2.Caregivers and health personnel:
2.1 Ability of tooth brushing for dependency older people at hospital or home
2.2 Approved research consent
1.Older people:
1.1 Present traumatic jaw with open mouth limitation
1.2 Allergy any ingredients of toothpaste and tooth foam
1.3 Acute infection with platelet count < 50,000 /mm3
1.4 Patient currently use medical ventilator device
1.5 Mouth ulcers and oral infections
1.6 Loss of natural tooth or edentulism
2. Caregivers and health personnel:
2.1 Unstandardized of tooth brushing intervention
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Satisfaction of the older people at the first time (day 1) and the end the intervention (day 3) visual analoque scale 0 to 10 scores
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Satisfaction of caregivers at the firts time (day 1) and the end of the intervention (day 3) vasual analogue scale 0 to 10 scores