Using Saliva Stimulation to Immediately Improve Heart Failure Inpatient's Thirst Sensation

LI-JU Chen

Status: Completed

Conditions: Saliva; Thirst; Heart Failure

Treatments: Other: water ice cubes; Other: lemonade ice cubes

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05325983

201901556B0

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to Using saliva stimulation to immediately improve heart failure inpatient's thirst sensation.

Full description

After being informed about the study and potential risks, all patients giving written informed consent will screening period to determine eligibility for study entry. Patients who meet the eligibility requirements will be randomize in a double-blind manner (participant and researcher) in a 1:1 ratio to experimental group (lemonade ice cubes) or the control group (water ice cubes).

Enrollment: 96 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 1. Hospital stay for more than 24 hours;
• 2. NYHA III-IV;
• 3. Oral mucosa is intact, without ulcers or wounds;
• 4. Consciousness and normal cognitive function;
• 5. Those who are more than 20 years old and can answer the questionnaire in Chinese or Taiwanese verbally or in writing;
• 6. Normal swallowing function;
• 7. Stable vital signs and maintain systolic blood pressure above 90mmHg;
• 8. Those who need to limit water according to doctor's advice

Exclusion criteria

• 1. Those with endotracheal tube and respirator;
• 2. Those with indwelling nasogastric tube;
• 3. Those who fasted according to the doctor's advice;
• 4. Those who were diagnosed with dry syndrome

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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96 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

lemonade ice cubes

Experimental group

Description:

10 ml lemonade ice cubes in mouth, 45 seconds, 90 seconds, 135 seconds, 180 seconds respectively

Treatment:

Other: lemonade ice cubes

water ice cubes

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

10 ml water ice cubes in mouth, 45 seconds, 90 seconds, 135 seconds, 180 seconds respectively

Treatment:

Other: water ice cubes