The effect of chlorhexidine on the incidence of aspiration pneumonia in care home residents: design of a double-blind cluster randomized placebo-controlled trial.
- Conditions
- Oral health care, chlorhexidine, aspiration pneumonia, dysphagia, care home
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON28334
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Dentistry, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 500
Inclusion Criteria
Residents:
1. Aged 65 years or older;
Exclusion Criteria
Residents:
1. Cognitively impaired;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To assess the influence of the addition of rinsing with a 0.05% chlorhexidine-containing solution to usual daily oral hygiene care on the incidence of pneumonia in physically-impaired care home residents with dysphagia.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To assess the correlation between some medical, physical, and oral conditions (age, gender, diseases diagnosed, care dependency, medication use, number of teeth and implants present, and presence of removable dentures ) and the incidence of aspiration pneumonia in physically-impaired, older care home residents with dysphagia who rinse with a 0.05% chlorhexidine-containing solution or a placebo in addition to usual daily oral hygiene care.