Effect of sugar free chewing gum in dialysis patients in reducing thirst and excess water intake
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: N186- End stage renal disease
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/11/047160
- Lead Sponsor
- Christian Medical College Vellore
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
a.Inclusion Criteria:
> 3 months on Haemodialysis,
18 years of age and mentally and physically being able to participate and complete the study
Exclusion Criteria
those with malignancy in the oral cavityand with periodontal diseases,
those who had microscopic evidence of oral infection in the oral cavity.
hemodynamic instability preventing sufficient ultrafiltration, dementia or terminal diseases , use of chemotherapy or radiotherapy or both or use of xerogenic medications (including anticholinergic,antidepressants, antipsychotics, antihistamines,antiparkinsonian agents and
unwillingness to participate in the study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To analyse effect of sugar free chewing gum on Dialysis thirst inventory in dialysis patientsTimepoint: Measuring Dialysis Thirst inventory,Xerostomia inventory and Interdialytic weight gain at baseline,2weeks and at 4weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method -To measure the effect of sugar free chewing gum in decreasing the interdialytic weight gain in haemodialysis patients <br/ ><br>-To measure the effect of sugar free chewing gum in decreasing the Xerostomia inventory in haemodialysis patientsTimepoint: 4 weeks