The Impact of Chewing Food on Stroke Patients

Babujinaya Cela

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stroke

Treatments: Behavioral: Chewing Lotus Root Powder Food; Behavioral: routine rehabilitation therapy; Behavioral: Oral tube feeding; Behavioral: Chewing Real Food

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06637033

Jujue-stroke

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to explore the effect of Chewing Food on quality of life and nutritional status in ischemic stroke patients. Patients will be randomly divided into an interventional group and a control group, all receiving routine rehabilitation treatment and enteral nutrition feeding. On this basis, the interventional group will receive Chewing Food training before each feeding for 10 min. Researchers will compare changes in quality of life, and nutritional status of two groups of patients before and after the study to see if Chewing Food can improve the quality of life and nutritional status in ischemic stroke patients.

Full description

The study will last 15 days for each participant. The goal of this clinical trial is to explore the effect of Chewing Food on quality of life and nutritional status in ischemic stroke patients. Patients will be randomly divided into an interventional group and a control group, all receiving routine rehabilitation treatment and enteral nutrition feeding. On this basis, the interventional group will receive Chewing Food training before each feeding for 10 min. Researchers will compare changes in quality of life, and nutritional status of two groups of patients before and after the study to see if Chewing Food can improve the quality of life and nutritional status in ischemic stroke patients.

Enrollment: 120 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age>18 years.
• Meeting the diagnostic criteria for ischemic stroke .
• Dysphagia confirmed by Videofluoroscopic Swallowing Study.
• Clear consciousness.
• No history of prior stroke.
• Stable vital signs.

Exclusion criteria

• Dysphagia that might be caused by other diseases that might cause dysphagia, such as head and neck tumors, traumatic brain injury, myasthenia gravis, etc.
• Complicated with severe liver and kidney failure, tumors, or hematological disorders.
• Simultaneously in need to undergo other therapy that might affect the outcomes of this study.
• Pregnant or nursing females.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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120 participants in 2 patient groups

Chewing Food Group

Experimental group

Description:

This group will be given routine rehabilitation training, oral tube feeding and Chewing Food training with real food for 15 days.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Chewing Real Food

Behavioral: Oral tube feeding

Behavioral: routine rehabilitation therapy

Control Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

This group will be given routine rehabilitation training, oral tube feeding and Chewing Food training with lotus root powder for 15 days.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Oral tube feeding

Behavioral: routine rehabilitation therapy

Behavioral: Chewing Lotus Root Powder Food