None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Dry mouth, associated with fasting, stress, anxiety and pharmacological agents has been identified to be the most common perioperative patient complaint. In the pre-operative setting, dry mouth and thirst can be difficult to separate. Patient reported outcome measures such as pain, anxiety and nausea have multiple therapeutic options. Dry mouth is an important, but often overlooked patient reported outcome measure, with few therapeutic options. Dry mouth, is amenable to therapies including saliva substitutes, saliva stimulants and intravenous sialogues in oncological patients following surgery or radiotherapy and in autoimmune conditions. To date, the efficacy of these treatments has not been tested in the perioperative setting. Following a recent pilot study, BIG DRY aims to reduce the feeling of dry mouth in perioperative patients by comparing two simple treats, mouth wash and water.
Interventions
Saliva Substitute - Biotene Dry Mouth Oral Rinse
Preoperative patients who have offered their informed consent will be given 15 mls of Biotene to rinse their mouth. The patient is allowed to rinse their mouth for as long as they like and then spit out the liquid.
Patients will be asked to complete a Dry Mouth Score pre-intervention and 30 minutes post-treatment. The treatment can be repeated hourly until participants are transferred to the operating rooms from the preoperative area (there is
Saliva Substitute - Biotene Dry Mouth Oral Rinse Preoperative patients who have offered their informed consent will be given 15 mls of Biotene to rinse their mouth. The patient is allowed to rinse their mouth for as long as they like and then spit out the liquid. Patients will be asked to complete a Dry Mouth Score pre-intervention and 30 minutes post-treatment. The treatment can be repeated hourly until participants are transferred to the operating rooms from the preoperative area (there is no maximum time as patient stays in the preoperative are varied).
Sponsors
Dr Doug Campbell
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
All patients undergoing elective surgery who meet all of the following criteria: Elective adult surgical patients aged 18 years of age and older who: Are able to consent to participate AND, Have complied with local hospital fasting guidelines.
Exclusion criteria
Patients who did not comply with fasting guidelines. Patients undergoing acute surgery. Patients who do not give or cannot give consent to participate.
Outcome results
None listed