Evaluation of Efficacy of Coconut Oil Mouth Care for Non-autonomous Hospitalised Elderly People. (COCO-CARE)

University of Limoges (UL)

Status

Not yet enrolling

Conditions

Geriatrics

Oral Health Care

Treatments

Procedure: Coconut oil mouth care

Procedure: Glycerin mouthwashes

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT07406425

87RI24_0064 (COCO-CARE)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a prospective, longitudinal, randomised, open-label, multicentric, interventional, comparative superiority study.

The main objective is to demonstrate the superiority of oral care with coconut oil on the oral status of elderly people hospitalised in geriatrics, versus oral care with glycerol sticks.

Enrollment

94 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

75+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients aged 75 and over
Patients hospitalised in geriatric medicine and geriatric SMR departments
Patients able to open their mouths for treatment
Patients not able to carry out their oral hygiene on their own
Patients who have given their written consent (consent of the patient or patient consent accompanied by the designated representative if the patient is unable to give written consent)

Exclusion criteria

Patients with a known allergy to coconut
Patients requiring medicated mouth care as prescribed by a doctor
Patients under guardianship, tutorship or curatorship
Confused patients who have had medically diagnosed dehydration for less than 48 hours
Patients with swallowing difficulties
Patients in the terminal phase of end of life

Secondary exclusion criteria:

Patients leaving the department between D1 and D8 (whatever the reason for discharge, and including in the event of death)
Patients whose condition progresses towards a terminal phase of the end of life between D1 and D8
Patients experiencing an allergic reaction to Coconut Oil during the study
Patients who may present with dehydration during the study