Improving oral health of dependent elderly living in long-term care facilities in the Netherlands and Belgium
- Conditions
- Oral HealthOral health
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN86156614
- Lead Sponsor
- De Open Ankh Foundation (Netherlands)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 720
Institutions of long-term care:
1. Providing long-term care to 120 to 150 residents
2. Having wards with mainly somatic and psycho-geriatric residents, with 20 residents minimally
3. Netherlands: moderately or highly care dependent; Belgium: also providing care for minor dependent residents
4. Residents aged 70 - 100 years, men and women
An institution will not be eligible for inclusion if any of the following exclusion criteria is applicable:
1. A guideline or protocol for oral health care is already in function
2. Extra education courses on oral health care for the executive care providers had been held during the last 24 months
Individuals:
1. Residents in coma
2. Terminally ill. Terminally ill is defined as death expected within six months.
3. In day-care or in short-term residency
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
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