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The Effectiveness of Lay Health Advisors Strategy Intervention on Aborigines Elderly Oral Care Education

NCT05046210 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 240

Last updated 2021-09-16

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Summary

In the present study, the investigators aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of community-based oral exercise with LHA intervention on the oral health-related quality of life, oral function and oral self-care behaviors. This randomized controlled trial included LHA group (EG) and leaflet group (CG), respectively. The EG received a four-week one-on-one session by an LHA. Baseline and follow-up data collection were used to collect the data in oral Self-care behaviors, oral hygiene, oral function and quality of life.

Conditions

  • Oral Health

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

LHA intervention

The participants in the EG received 4 lessons from a LHA over 4 weeks. Four lessons were taught one-on-one once a week by a certified LHA at the participants' homes. The lessons including understand oral structure, learn oral self-care skills and oral function promotion, understand the status of oral self-care and the relationship between oral diseases and systemic diseases, understand swallowing dysfunction and safe eating skills and review.

BEHAVIORAL

Oral exercise intervention

Oral exercise intervention is designed to increase the range of movement in tongue, lips, and jaw as well as salivary gland massages, which will help speech and/or swallow functioning. All participants performed oral exercise before three meals a day.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hsiao-Ling Huang · Kaohsiung Medical University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
55 Years
Max Age
82 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-09-10
Primary Completion
2020-07-29
Completion
2021-02-03

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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