Older Adults' Experiences of Oral Rehabilitation - a Qualitative Interview Study

Folktandvården Stockholms län AB

Status: Invitation-only

Conditions: Oral Health

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06783426

FTV 2407-0291

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to gain knowledge and understanding about older adults' experiences of comprehensive oral prosthetic rehabilitation and their life situation before, during and after the treatment. This is both to deepen the knowledge gained in an ongoing interventional study, but also to increase the understanding of how to best meet older adults' needs when planning and performing oral rehabilitation in any dental surgery.

Full description

This qualitative study will be based on individual, semi-structured interviews using an Interview Guide focusing on the participants´ perceptions, experiences, and reflections. The interviews will then be analyzed with a descriptive content analysis method according to Graneheim and Lundman.

Enrollment: 10 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Completed prosthetic treatment in the original study 2-12 months ago
• Age 65-80 years at start of the original study
• Masticatory dysfunction (Eichner's index B3-B4 or C1-C4) for original study
• Mini-Mental-State-Examination-test (MMSE) score >26 for original study

Exclusion criteria for the original study:

• Neuropsychological disease
• Severely impaired hearing or vision
• Poor knowledge of the Swedish language
• Having had a stroke ≤ 6 months before inclusion

No additional exclusion criteria for our study.

Trial design

10 participants in 1 patient group

Older adults who have undergone extensive oral rehabilitation

Description:

The cohort includes older adults, who have been referred to the Eastman Institute in Stockholm for extensive oral prosthetic rehabilitation. They have previously agreed to participate in the intervention study "Cognitive changes and neural correlates after oral rehabilitation procedures in older adults" at the Eastman Institute in Stockholm . The oral rehabilitation usually includes fixed prosthodontics. These patients are asked to participate in one interview after their treatment is completed to share their experiences before, during, and after the treatment.