A randomized controlled trial on the effects of the prevention of aspiration pneumonia by an ultrasound method to detect aspiratio
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- dysphagia
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000016002
- Lead Sponsor
- The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
1. Individuals without oral food intake on a daily basis. 2. Individuals whose physicians or care staffs have determined that they are not eligible for ultrasound examination due to tracheostomy or laryngectomy.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The proportion of the residents with reduced frequency of aspiration which was detected by ultrasonography at eight weeks after the intervention.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Comparison between intervention group and control group at eight week point; 1. Incidence of aspiration pneumonia (Aspiration pneumonia is defined as 1) a condition in which fever more than 37.5C accompanied by the symptoms of the upper respiratory tract infection, or 2) a condition diagnosed as aspiration pneumonia by physicians) 2. Incidence of change in the swallowing care (modification of the type of the food, use of the thickener and practice of alternative swallowing) and the operation of the videoendoscopic examination for swallowing.