The effect of comprehensive intervention with the clinical pathway for eating and swallowing disorder in the elderly with dementia
- Conditions
- Eating and swallowing disorder of the elderly with dementia (ESDED)Nervous System Diseases
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN57646445
- Lead Sponsor
- anto Municipal Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 120
Participants were required to meet all the following five criteria, all of which are the characteristics of ESDED:
1. A hospitalized patient aged over 70
2. Cognitive impairment (Mini-Mental-State-Examination <24, or Hasegawa-Dementia-rating-Scale-Revised <21)
3. A patient who did not receive intravenous or surgical treatment for past 7 days
4. Oral intake is no more than 500 kilo-calories per day
5. Dependent on AHN for over 7 days
Potential participants are excluded from this trial if they meet any of the following criteria:
1. A patient who has determined to depend on persistent tube-feeding
2. A patient with morphological anomaly due to a tracheotomy or an operation to remove all or a part of the larynx
3. A patient who has been receiving an end-of-life care
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method