The Impact of Swallowing Intervention for Elderly Community Dwellers

Copka Sonpashan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Dysphagia

Treatments: Behavioral: Systematic simple swallowing training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06328231

Community elderly dysphagia

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to explore the impact of systematic simple swallowing training on swallowing function and quality of life in community-dwelling elderly individuals (≥60 year old) with swallowing disorders. It primarily aims to address two key aspects: 1) the prevalence of dysphagia among community-dwelling elderly individuals, and 2) the effects of systematic simple swallowing training on swallowing function and quality of life in community-dwelling elderly individuals with swallowing disorders. All participants are divided into 2 groups. The intervention group is required to undergo a continuous three-week (21 days) systematic simple swallowing training, with weekends off and training conducted only on weekdays. The training will be conducted two sessions per day, lasting 15-20 minutes each.

Full description

The investigators have designed a simple and user-friendly swallowing rehabilitation training method called "systematic simple swallowing training" based on commonly used swallowing training techniques in the department of rehabilitation medicine and the prevalent pathological causes of swallowing disorders in the elderly. It has shown promising preliminary efficacy. The goal of this clinical trial is to explore the impact of systematic simple swallowing training on swallowing function and quality of life in community-dwelling elderly individuals (≥60 year old) with swallowing disorders. It primarily aims to address two key aspects: 1) the prevalence of dysphagia among community-dwelling elderly individuals, and 2) the effects of systematic simple swallowing training on swallowing function and quality of life in community-dwelling elderly individuals with swallowing disorders. All participants are divided into 2 groups. The intervention group is required to undergo a continuous three-week (21 days) systematic simple swallowing training, with weekends off and training conducted only on weekdays. The training will be conducted two sessions per day, lasting 15-20 minutes each.

Enrollment: 248 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age over 60 years old.
• No hospitalization within the past six months.
• With clear consciousness and able to cooperate with questionnaires and training.
• The elderly people who voluntarily participate and agree to adhere until the end of the study.
• early dysphagia.

Exclusion criteria

• Complicated with severe liver and kidney failure, tumors, or hematological disorders.
• Physical disability.
• Difficulty in mobility.
• Simultaneously receiving other therapies that might influence this study.
• Individuals with a gastrostomy.
• Abnormalities of the oral, pharyngeal, or esophageal structures.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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248 participants in 2 patient groups

Systematic simple swallowing training

Experimental group

Description:

The elderly individuals will be arranged to undergo a continuous three-week (21 days) duration of systematic simple swallowing training, with weekends off and training conducted only on weekdays, two sessions per day, each lasting 15 minutes. Each training session will be conducted approximately one hour prior to meals. Apart from this,we require participants to only engage in daily activities and avoid strenuous and dangerous behaviors

Treatment:

Behavioral: Systematic simple swallowing training

Blank Group

No Intervention group

Description:

This group received no intervention but were requested to do mild physical activities by themselves