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Community Care Elderly Oral Health Care

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Factors influencing health status and contact with health servisces
Registration Number
KCT0005937
Lead Sponsor
Dankook University
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
60
Inclusion Criteria

? Intervention Group 1: Elderly people participating in community health care support projects
? Intervention Group 2: Elderly living in nursing home
? Control group (non-intervention group): Senior citizens living in nursing homes and not participating in community health care projects
? Common: A person who voluntarily decides to participate and agrees in writing to observe the precautions after hearing and understanding detailed explanations on participation in the research

Exclusion Criteria

? Those who have severe dry mouth and have difficulty collecting saliva samples
? Excluding those who gave up participation in the study due to severe discomfort during participation in the study and difficulty in progress

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional Study
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Oral health behavior;Dental plaque index;The rheological properties of saliva;Oral function test;Tongue index (WTC);Activities of Daily Living (ADL);Subjective swallowing ability test
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Mini-Mental State Examination;Oral health status
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