Study on the prevention of senile pneumonia by oral care

Study on the prevention of senile pneumonia by oral care - Oral care and prevention of senile pneumonia

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000020081

Enrollment

100

Registered

2015-12-07

Start date

2015-12-07

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

pneumonia

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Bedridden elderly persons who can not do oral care using tooth brushing.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Persons who do not give informed consent.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Frequency of pneumonia	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Frequency of fever, serum protein concentration, number of lymphocytes in the peripheral venous blood	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactMutsuo Yamaya

Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine Department of Advanced Preventive Medicine for Infectious Disease

myamaya@med.tohoku.ac.jp022-717-7184

Outcome results