The Effects of Technological Oral Health Management

Chang Gung University of Science and Technology

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Dysphagia; Malnutrition; Oral Health; Sarcopenia

Treatments: Behavioral: texture and diet education; Behavioral: oral mastication training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06529900

111-670

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of interventional study is to for the elderly who have poor chewing and eating ability after installing removable dentures through the intervention of oral mastication training and texture and diet education, the effects on oral health, eating ability, nutrition, and physical function changes are confirmed in Elderly individuals residing in Chiayi County who are 65 years of age or older, capable of self-care, conscious, and able to communicate in Mandarin and Taiwanese. The main question it aims to answer is:

•Are there significant benefits to oral health, eating ability, nutrition, and physical function through the intervention of oral mastication training and texture and diet education? Researchers will compare changes in oral health, eating ability, nutrition, and physical functioning results to see if oral mastication training is effective.

Participants will:

• Experimental group: oral mastication training and texture and diet education.
• Control group: only texture and diet education.
• Cases were tracked in month 1 and will be tracked again in month 6.

Full description

Expected Results：

1. To establish an oral mastication training and texture and diet education program for the elderly who have poor chewing and eating ability after dentures are installed.
2. Provide teaching programs tailored to the evidence-based and individualized needs of the elderly.
3. Through the implementation of evidence-based oral mastication training and a texture and diet education program, the experimental group and the control group are expected to show variations in oral health, eating ability, nutrition, and physical function over time.

Enrollment: 112 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. residing in Chiayi County who are 65 years of age or older
2. capable of self-care, conscious
3. able to communicate in Mandarin and Taiwanese.

Exclusion criteria

1. non-residents of Chiayi County
2. unable to take care of themselves or are unconscious
3. demented or mentally challenged and are unable to cooperate

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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112 participants in 2 patient groups

Oral Mastication Training and Texture and Diet Education

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this arm will receive oral mastication training combined with texture and diet education.

Treatment:

Behavioral: oral mastication training

Behavioral: texture and diet education

Texture and Diet Education

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants in this arm will receive texture and diet education without the oral mastication training component.

Treatment:

Behavioral: texture and diet education