The Impact of Comprehensive Oral Care on the Eating Function in Long-term Care Facilities Residents
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 91
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Removing nasogastric tubes
研究概览
简要总结
Oral care is a common way of caring for long-term care facility residents, particularly for those with swallowing difficulties, as oral health is closely related to eating function. Oral care includes general oral hygiene and comprehensive oral care (including cleaning, facial massage, oral muscle massage and stretching, and oral moisturizing). Regular oral care can reduce oral diseases, improve oral mucosa, increase appetite, and improve eating function. However, it is still unclear whether comprehensive oral care can improve eating function and aid in removing nasogastric tubes. Therefore, this study plans to recruit residents with dysphagia from multiple long-term care facilities nationwide to investigate the impact of comprehensive oral care on nasogastric tube removal. The study will collect basic information, disease diagnosis, and onset time and use random grouping to investigate the effects of general oral hygiene and oral care on nasogastric tube removal. The results of this study can provide guidance for clinical practitioners and researchers on oral care and eating function improvement for long-term care facility residents.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Aged 18 years or older, with swallowing disorders classified as grades 1-3 on the Functional Oral Intake Scale (FOIS).
- •Conscious and alert.
- •Able to follow simple one-step commands (e.g., raising a hand, opening the mouth).
- •Able to maintain a seated position for more than 15 minutes.
- •Has a swallowing reflex (able to swallow saliva on command).
排除标准
- •Acute infection.
- •Hypoxemia (SaO2 < 90%) or requiring the use of a ventilator.
- •Structural abnormalities of the oropharyngeal area that prevent oral feeding.
- •Failing the water swallow test (coughing or wet voice in two or more out of three attempts, or no significant laryngeal elevation).
结局指标
主要结局
Removing nasogastric tubes
时间窗: Follow up for 6 months
Each subject was tracked at one month, three months, and six months for the status of their nasogastric tube.
次要结局
- the functional oral intake scale(Follow up for 6 months)
- body weight(Follow up for 6 months)