NCT07462221

Effect of Telenursing on Oral Health

The Effect of Telenursing Interventions on Oral Health in Individuals With COPD

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This research will be conducted using a pre-test and post-test control group experimental design to evaluate the effect of telenursing intervention on oral health in individuals with COPD.

Detailed description

Studies evaluating the effectiveness of oral health interventions in individuals with COPD are limited in the literature. Maintaining oral health is a crucial part of patient care. Sustainable nursing interventions are necessary from the onset of the disease to the end of life. Patient education conducted by nurses is important in improving medication adherence and preventing comorbidities. Furthermore, it is known that practices involving a multidisciplinary team approach with nurse participation reduce readmissions and hospital stays for COPD patients. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate the effect of telenursing intervention on oral health in individuals with COPD. The experimental group will receive oral health education via telenursing intervention (via video call) and daily oral health reminders. The control group will not receive education. Oral health education for the experimental group is planned to be given within 24 hours after the pre-test. The experimental group will be invited to the hospital one month after the oral health education for evaluation of oral health and quality of life related to oral health, and the control group will be invited one month after the pre-test.

Conditions

• COPD

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	telenursing	The responsible researcher will provide oral health education to the experimental group via video call during the telenursing intervention. The content of the education will include oral health in adults; the consequences of poor oral hygiene; things to pay attention to in oral health; demonstration of toothbrushing technique; and coping with care-resistant behaviors. Participants' questions regarding oral health will be answered during the call. The oral health education session is planned to last approximately 20 minutes.
BEHAVIORAL	reminders	Participants in the experimental group will be reminded to perform oral care at least twice a day, every day, and to rinse their mouths with water after using an inhaler. They will also be reminded to schedule a face-to-face meeting one month after the education.

Timeline

• Start date: 2026-03-04
• Primary completion: 2026-03-04
• Completion: 2026-06-30
• First posted: 2026-03-10
• Last updated: 2026-03-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)