NCT03874962

Improvements in Pneumonia Status After Oral Care Intervention in Taiwan

Improvements in Pneumonia Status and Salivary Bacterial Concentration After Professional Oral Care Intervention in Taiwanese Nursing Home Residents

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 220 (actual)
• Sponsor: Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 51 Years – 102 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The correlation between improvement in oral health, reduction in oral bacterial concentration, and status of pneumonia hospitalization remains unclear. To determine the effects of professional oral care intervention on the index of oral health, salivary and sputum bacterial concentrations, and pneumonia hospitalization status of nursing home residents using a quasi-experimental study. Two nursing homes were on demand selected as the intervention and control groups; in the intervention group, weekly professional oral care was administered in addition to regular oral care by trained dental hygienists. Demographic data and oral health status were analyzed. Total salivary and sputum bacterial concentrations were determined using real-time polymerase chain reaction.

Conditions

• Pneumonia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Routine oral cleaning and professional oral care group	Besides routine oral cleaning was conducted by caregivers, professional oral care intervention was conducted by dental hygienists, and it included muscle massage, oral cleaning, and oral health education once a week.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-08-01
• Primary completion: 2015-09-01
• Completion: 2017-09-30
• First posted: 2019-03-14
• Last updated: 2019-03-14