Orofacial and linguistic-communicative activation in the elderly

Not Applicable

Conditions: age-related decline of muscle function, speech and communication, sarcopenia of the swallowing muscles,

Registration Number: DRKS00031594

Lead Sponsor: Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Institut für Allgemeinmedizin und Palliativmedizin

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Complete

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 103

Inclusion Criteria

(a) elderly people in nursing homes (independent of age, sex or diagnosis)
(b) no frailty or maximum of mild to moderate frailty (clinical frailty scale: Level <5, Rockwood [13] (evaluated by nursing staff or legal guardian)
(c) physical and psychological ability to participate in group exercises (evaluated by nursing staff)
(d) cognitive abilites to give informed consent (evaluated by nursing staff or legal guardian)
(e) sufficient speech and hearing ability

Exclusion Criteria

diagnosed swallow, speech or language imapairment (speech pathology; EAT-10 Score <2), moderate to severe dementia (DemTect =8), life expectancy less than 6 months (double surprise question)

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
swallowing capability tested with the timed test of swallowing capacity (TTSC) before (t0), after (t1) and 6 months after (t2) the intervention.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
linguistic compentence as tested by the Regensburger Wortflüssigkeitstest (RWT) (verbal fluency features),<br>self-assessment of everyday communicative activities (CAL)<br>self reported eating and swallowing frailty by Eating Assessment Tool (EAT 10),<br>results evaluation of cognitive skills measured by DemTec,<br>process evaluation using pseudonymized field notes (protocols of intervention, feedback rounds of training session, training session diary, as well as semi-structured interviews of the subjects by means of evaluation sheets after treatment)<br><br>