Effects of a Swallowing Care Program Combined with a Mobile Exercise App on Swallowing Function and Related Factors in Oral Cancer Patients after Free-Flap Reconstruction

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Early Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

ChiCTR

Registry ID

ChiCTR2500115189

Enrollment

Unknown

Registered

2025-12-23

Start date

2025-12-31

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-01-05

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Conditions

Oral Cancer

Interventions

Contral Group:Routine Care

Experimental Group:Routine care and swallowing exercise app

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients diagnosed with oral cancer (sites include buccal mucosa, hard palate, gingiva, floor of mouth and postmolar region); 2. Patients admitted for their first oral cancer tumor resection and flap reconstruction; 3. Age 18 years or older; 4. Conscious; 5. Able to communicate in Mandarin or Taiwanese.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients diagnosed by a physician as having poor postoperative wound healing and unable to perform oral rehabilitation exercises; 2. Patients diagnosed by a physician as being unable to perform oral rehabilitation exercises one week after surgery; 3. Those who agree to join the study but wish to withdraw from the trial at any time may stop immediately.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Oral Dysfunction;	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Anxiety;Quality of Life;	—

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactHsu Wenchuan

Department of Nursing, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

f22877@cgmh.org.tw+886 975 367 585

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026