Improvements in Pneumonia Status After Oral Care Intervention in Taiwan

Kaohsiung Medical University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pneumonia

Treatments: Other: Routine oral cleaning and professional oral care group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03874962

KMUH103-3M47

Details and patient eligibility

About

The correlation between improvement in oral health, reduction in oral bacterial concentration, and status of pneumonia hospitalization remains unclear. To determine the effects of professional oral care intervention on the index of oral health, salivary and sputum bacterial concentrations, and pneumonia hospitalization status of nursing home residents using a quasi-experimental study. Two nursing homes were on demand selected as the intervention and control groups; in the intervention group, weekly professional oral care was administered in addition to regular oral care by trained dental hygienists. Demographic data and oral health status were analyzed. Total salivary and sputum bacterial concentrations were determined using real-time polymerase chain reaction.

Enrollment: 220 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 51 to 102 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Informed consent
• 51 year-old and above
• Being bedridden for ≥ 6 months
• Positive sputum production
• Difficulty in swallowing reported by caregivers

Exclusion criteria

• Below 51 year-old
• Patients or family refused any oral care

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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220 participants in 2 patient groups

Routine oral cleaning and professional oral care group

Experimental group

Description:

The subjects in "Routine oral cleaning and professional oral care group" were received about routine oral cleaning and professional oral care.

Treatment:

Other: Routine oral cleaning and professional oral care group

Routine oral cleaning group

No Intervention group

Description:

The subjects in "Routine oral cleaning group" were received only routine oral cleaning, just maintain daily condition.