Effect of Telenursing on Oral Health

Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: COPD

Treatments: Behavioral: telenursing; Behavioral: reminders

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07462221

ÇOMÜ-SBF-SA-03

Details and patient eligibility

About

This research will be conducted using a pre-test and post-test control group experimental design to evaluate the effect of telenursing intervention on oral health in individuals with COPD.

Full description

Studies evaluating the effectiveness of oral health interventions in individuals with COPD are limited in the literature. Maintaining oral health is a crucial part of patient care. Sustainable nursing interventions are necessary from the onset of the disease to the end of life. Patient education conducted by nurses is important in improving medication adherence and preventing comorbidities. Furthermore, it is known that practices involving a multidisciplinary team approach with nurse participation reduce readmissions and hospital stays for COPD patients. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate the effect of telenursing intervention on oral health in individuals with COPD. The experimental group will receive oral health education via telenursing intervention (via video call) and daily oral health reminders. The control group will not receive education. Oral health education for the experimental group is planned to be given within 24 hours after the pre-test. The experimental group will be invited to the hospital one month after the oral health education for evaluation of oral health and quality of life related to oral health, and the control group will be invited one month after the pre-test.

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participants must have been diagnosed with COPD for at least 6 months,
• receive inpatient treatment in internal medicine and surgical clinics,
• signed the informed consent form to participate in the study,
• have internet access and a mobile device with Android/iOS operating system,
• be able to use a phone,
• ≥ 40 years old,
• have no communication barriers,
• mild (Stage 1), moderate (Stage 2), severe (Stage 3), or very severe (Stage 4) stages according to the GOLD (2023) report.

Exclusion criteria

• Those diagnosed with COPD less than 6 months ago,
• Those receiving outpatient treatment,
• Those hospitalized in the intensive care unit,
• Those without internet access and a mobile device with Android/iOS operating system,
• Those who do not have the ability to use a phone,
• Those under 40 years of age,
• Those with communication barriers,
• Those who wish to withdraw from the research/withdraw from participation during the research process,

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

The experimental group will receive oral health education via telenursing intervention (via video call) and daily oral health reminders. Oral health education for the experimental group is planned to be given within 24 hours after the pre-test. Participants will also receive reminders regarding oral hygiene, including "performing oral care at least twice a day, every day" and "rinsing their mouths with water after using an inhaler." The experimental group will be invited to the hospital one month after the oral health education for evaluation of oral health and quality of life related to oral health.

Treatment:

Behavioral: reminders

Behavioral: telenursing

control group

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group will not receive training. They will be invited to the hospital for an oral health and quality of life check one month after the initial follow-up.