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The Effects of Technological Oral Health Management

NCT06529900 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 112

Last updated 2024-07-31

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Summary

The goal of interventional study is to for the elderly who have poor chewing and eating ability after installing removable dentures through the intervention of oral mastication training and texture and diet education, the effects on oral health, eating ability, nutrition, and physical function changes are confirmed in Elderly individuals residing in Chiayi County who are 65 years of age or older, capable of self-care, conscious, and able to communicate in Mandarin and Taiwanese. The main question it aims to answer is:

•Are there significant benefits to oral health, eating ability, nutrition, and physical function through the intervention of oral mastication training and texture and diet education? Researchers will compare changes in oral health, eating ability, nutrition, and physical functioning results to see if oral mastication training is effective.

Participants will:

* Experimental group: oral mastication training and texture and diet education.
* Control group: only texture and diet education.
* Cases were tracked in month 1 and will be tracked again in month 6.

Conditions

  • Oral Health
  • Malnutrition
  • Dysphagia
  • Sarcopenia

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

oral mastication training

Through specific exercises and techniques aimed at enhancing masticatory function and overall oral health.

BEHAVIORAL

texture and diet education

Teach the knowledge and techniques of softening food textures.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Chang Gung University of Science and Technology

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-09-02
Primary Completion
2025-05-31
Completion
2025-07-31

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