Effect of Electric Toothbrush on Oral Hygiene in Nursing Home Residents- a Randomized Clinical Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 233
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Change in dental plaque score by use of the Oral Hygiene Index- simplified (OHI-S)
研究概览
简要总结
Effect of electric toothbrush on oral hygiene in nursing home residents tested I randomized clinical trial for 2 months and followed up 12 months after baseline
详细描述
Patients in nursing homes often have many natural teeth with exposed root surfaces, bifurcations, a complexity of dental restorations like partial prostheses, bridges/crowns, fillings and implants. In addition they have a limited physical ability, like reduced muscular strength, rigidness in the neck and spine. All these factors contribute to make it difficult, both for themselves and their nursing staff to maintain good oral hygiene.
Electrical toothbrushes have been proved effective in removal of dental plaque. There have also been reports from nursing homes that approves of electrical toothbrushes as a helpful aid among the nursing staff.
The present study examine if the overall oral hygiene actually improves with the use of electric toothbrush.
Material and method: The study is a randomized clinical trial (RCT) that includes patients from nursing homes in Oslo. The recording dentist is blind to the type of tooth brush Inclusion criteria.
- Patients living in nursing home in Oslo
- Provide written informed consent prior to enrolment (from relatives when patients were assessed by physician to be without ability to give written consent.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- Double (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
盲法说明
A dental team (dentist and dental hygienist) assessed the outcome measure at baseline and after the two months RCT trial. A neutral dentist implements the intervention after baseline registration. Toothbrushes used in the intervention period is hidden to the dental team during assessments at the end of the RCT period.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 70 Years 至 105 Years（Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Patients living in nursing home in Oslo
- •Provide written informed consent prior to enrolment (from relatives when patients were assessed by physician to be without ability to give written consent.
排除标准
- •Patients too weak to be examined
- •Patients With life expectancy less then one year
结局指标
主要结局
Change in dental plaque score by use of the Oral Hygiene Index- simplified (OHI-S)
时间窗: baseline, after 2 months, after 12 months
OHI-S is measuring amount of dental plaque using 6 indicator teeth. Outcome measure: change in OHI-S
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Tiril Willumsen
Professor
University of Oslo