Oral frailty
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention group:Oral health education combined with oral functional exercises. Oral exercises include 1. mouth opening and closing exercise
2. Bulging gills and shrinking lips
4. Occlusal practice
5. Resistance movement of tongue and palate
6. Rotational movement of tongue
7. Salivary gland massage
8. Prosodic practice. Exercise frequency: about 12 minutes each time, once in the morning and evening, 5 days a week.
Sponsors
Jiangsu Province Official Hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
60 Years to 90 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Seniors between 60 and 90 years old; 2. Able to cooperate with the completion of questionnaires and oral function exercises; 3. Voluntary participation in this study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.Existence of oral diseases or after oral surgery; 2.unable to communicate with hearing and visual impairments, severe cognitive impairments, etc.; 3.Suffering from serious physical and mental illnesses; 4. Long-term bed rest or complete disability; 5.End-stage patients (life expectancy of less than half a year); 6.Receiving other interventional studies at the same time during the study period; 7.Those who are not suitable for bioelectrical impedance analysis: there are pacemakers, cardiac bypasses, cardiac stents, implanted steel plates in the body, etc. For follow-up subjects, the following criteria should also be excluded: 1.edentulous and non-denture patients; 2.severe temporomandibular joint symptoms (e.g., limited mouth opening and pain during jaw movement); 3. the need to adjust the denture (e.g., pain due to the denture); 4.Loose teeth due to severe periodontal disease.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Oral Frailty Index 8 scale; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| masticatory performance;Oral articulation function;Repetitive Saliva Swallowing Test;FRAIL Scale;Short Physical Performance Battery;Mini-Nutritional Assessment Short-Form; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactOuyang Xiaojun
Jiangsu Province Official Hospital
Outcome results
None listed