Effectiveness of a Multi-Channeled Oral Irrigation Device for Oral Care for the Geriatric Elderly Inpatients

The evaluation of oral hygiene during routine oral care with a multi-channeled oral irrigator in elderly hospitalized patients

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

CRIS

Registry ID

KCT0009244

Enrollment

Registered

2024-03-14

Start date

2024-01-19

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-04-02

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Others(Assisted use of multi-channel oral irrigator ) : The intervention period was a total of 14 days. The experimental group used a multi-channel oral irrigator in addition to existing oral care (pr

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients aged 65 or older hospitalized in a geriatric hospital who are able to use an oral irrigator and who agree to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: -Patients treated for aspiration pneumonia due to dysphagia within 2 weeks -Patient with loose teeth -Patients with head and neck cancer, including oral cancer -Persons deemed unsuitable for this clinical study due to paroxysmal coughing, etc. -Patients suffering from other diseases that may affect the results or process of the study

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Irrigation water turbidity(visually, turbidimeter);oral hygiene status(OHI-S, WTCI)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
perceived xerostomia	—

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactJin Hwan Oh

Suwon Science College

ohjh37@hanmail.net+82-31-350-2468

Outcome results