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Shared Oral Care - Improving Oral Care in Institutionalized Elderly in Aalborg Municipality

NCT03407339 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 258

Last updated 2020-07-14

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Summary

Background:

Nationally and internationally, more people over the age of 65 and especially an increase of people over the age of 80 enter nursing homes with natural dentition and complex prostheses and bridges than previous generations. Furthermore, there is an increased incidence of dental diseases in the elderly. This is leading to increased and different oral care needs. There is a large discrepancy between the elderly who need help with oral hygiene and the elderly who actually receive help. In order to improve the oral hygiene competencies of healthcare professionals at nursing homes, it is necessary to increase their education and improve organizational strategies.

Hypothesis:

The Intervention Shared Oral Care improves the elderlys bleeding and plaque index after 6 months.

Study type:

An intervention study.

A cluster randomization of 14 nursing homes in Aalborg municipality is carried out.

Outcome Measures:

Change in mucosal-plaque score (MPS) index

Change in Oral Related Quality of life

Outcome Measure Time Frame:

Change in mucosal-plaque score index measured at 0, 3 and 6 months.

Change in Oral Related Quality of life measured at 0 and 6 months.

Conditions

  • Oral Health
  • Quality of Life

Interventions

OTHER

Shared Oral Care intervention

One hour of teaching in oral hygiene and oral diseases to health care professionals at the intervention nursing homes. The dentists will make an assessment of the elderly's oral hygiene at baseline, after three and six months using a mucosal and plaque score. During the six months, a dentist will be doing ward rounds at each nursing home in a specific time interval. In dialog with the resident and the healthcare professional, the dentist will present individual advice on how to perform oral care based on the resident's oral care routines, oral hygiene status, and the resident's physical and cognitive function level.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Aalborg University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Karin Aagaard, PhD · Aalborg University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Max Age
105 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-02-01
Primary Completion
2021-03-31
Completion
2021-03-31

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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