The Effectiveness of Oral Health in Improving Dysphagia of Patients After Stroke of Swallowing Function and Oral Health Quality of Life

Chang Gung Medical Foundation

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Stroke; Swallowing Disorders

Treatments: Other: oral care program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03219346

201700143B0

Details and patient eligibility

About

The prevalence of chewing dysphagia in the domestic rehabilitation department ward was about 53.61%.Nasal tube retention of about 31%, due to nasogastric tube feeding, often overlooked oral hygiene, easy to cause respiratory tract infection. At the same time, oral hygiene will also affect the effectiveness of swallowing treatment, is worthy of attention to health problems.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Clinical diagnosis of first stroke with nasal tube retention
2. Language therapist providing swallowing treatment
3. Caregiver providing oral care to patients

Exclusion criteria

1. Oral cancer
2. head and neck cancer

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 1 patient group

Oral hygiene

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: oral care program