Effects of Gargling With Green Tea on Oral Health of Stroke Patients

Taipei Veterans General Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Oral Health

Treatments: Other: gargling with green tea; Other: gargling with water

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05037721

2021-01-021BC

Details and patient eligibility

About

1. Compare the effects of gargling with green tea on the oral health of stroke patients?
2. Compare whether gargling with green tea can reduce halitosis in stroke patients?
3. Compare whether gargling with green tea can reduce plaque index in stroke patients?

Full description

Before the intervention of green tea mouthwash, patients in the experimental group and the control group were tested for oral health status, bad breath and plaque degree, and received routine brushing guidelines. Patients in the experimental group received green tea mouthwash intervention twice a day for 7 day

Enrollment: 110 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Hospitalized patients over 20 years of age with acute cerebral stroke admitted by medical institutions.
• Stroke patients diagnosed by medical institutions were treated with the National Institute of Health Stroke Scale; NIHSS) score is 5-15, which is a moderate degree of stroke
• Able to perform mouthwash.
• Those who have passed the three-stage swallowing function screening.
• Those with stable medical condition.

Exclusion criteria

• Those who of medical institutes in the diagnosis of severe alzheimer.(ICD-10 code： G30.9)
• Those who severe mental retardation.
• Those has a history of mental illness.
• Those has unable to clearly express their wishes.
• Those has full mouth teeth less than six.
• Those has in the past more than a month use mouthwash.
• Those has treatment of the patients with gingivitis and periodontal disease, oral antibiotics or anti-fungal drugs.
• Those has unable to cooperate or applicable except of assessment tools.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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110 participants in 2 patient groups

gargling with green tea of stroke patients

Experimental group

Description:

Use fresh green tea (package date less than one month) sourced from the local market and serve in the form of soaked tea bags. 0.5% green tea refers to a tea bag soaked in 0.5g green tea, soaked in 100ml warm water for 5 minutes and let cool. Then, put each bottle of 15ml mouthwash into a disposable opaque bottle, and give two bottles of mouthwash required daily at one time. Use 15ml twice a day, 30 minutes after breakfast and 30 minutes after lunch, each time for 30 seconds. Rinse mouth up and down for 30 seconds. Rinse mouth up and down, half sitting and lying down, and shake the head of bed for 30 degrees. After breakfast, the experimental group and the control group were instructed to clean their teeth according to routine procedures, and telephone reminders were provided to inform them to gargle.

Treatment:

Other: gargling with green tea

gargling with water of stroke patients

Active Comparator group

Description:

Use water 15ml of mouthwash into a disposable opaque bottle, and give two bottles of mouthwash required daily at one time. Use 15ml twice a day, 30 minutes after breakfast and 30 minutes after lunch, each time for 30 seconds. Rinse mouth up and down for 30 seconds. Rinse mouth up and down, half sitting and lying down, and shake the head of bed for 30 degrees. After breakfast, the experimental group and the control group were instructed to clean their teeth according to routine procedures, and telephone reminders were provided to inform them to gargle.

Treatment:

Other: gargling with water