Oral Care and Pneumonia in Institutionalized Elderly
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- C08.381.677.529Pneumonia
- Registration Number
- RBR-6pq736
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade Federal do Espírito Santo
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- data analysis completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Being elderly (older than 60 years old) and to live at the long-term care facility selected for the research
Exclusion Criteria
Diagnosis of neoplastic or infectious disease during the study stages; Inability to breathe or feed by natural means (dependence on mechanical ventilators or feeding tubes); Need for antimicrobial therapy or hospitalization in the three months prior to intervention; Dependence on immunosuppressive drugs; Diagnosis of Sjögren's syndrome; Persons who had received radiotherapy with irradiation field covering the head and neck.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Clinical behavior of oral microbiota, assessed by visual analysis of the accumulation of tongue coating (categories: present or absent) by the examiner of the study;Presence and levels of oral colonization by Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus coagulase negative (SCN) and total aerobic, by counting the colony forming units (CFU) of microorganisms with growth in specific culture media
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Age (As of 60 years, given in years)<br><br>gender (male and female)<br><br>Oral health conditions: - Number of teeth present (0-32) - DMF-d (index that corresponds to the sum of number of decayed, missing and filled. It ranges from 0 to 32) - Use of dentures (yes or no) - oral hygiene (method and frequency) - Changes in the soft tissues (yes or no. type to be specified, when present)<br><br>Present systemic comorbidities (cerebrovascular diseases, neurological disorders, diabetes and arthritis, among others)<br><br>continued use of drugs<br><br>degree of functional independence (independent, partially dependent or totally dependent)<br><br>Time of study (baseline, time zero and time fifteen) .