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Improving oral care in intensive care units patients: evaluation of the impact on hospital stay and survival rates: a clinical study

Application of an oral hygiene protocol in patients admitted to intensive care units and association with length of stay and mortality rate: randomized clinical trial

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
REBEC
Registry ID
RBR-8qqyf8k
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2025-06-19
Start date
2024-06-03
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-27

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated

Interventions

This is a randomized controlled clinical trial with an estimated minimum sample of 126 participants. The groups will be equally divided into an experimental group and a control group, paired and made
E06.761.726

Sponsors

União Brasileira de Educação e Assistência
Lead Sponsor
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
Collaborator

Eligibility

Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Age 18 or over; Patients for whom it is possible to carry out the initial assessment within the first 24 hours of admission to the ICU; Patients for whom it is possible to reassess the oral condition every 48 hours; Patients for whom the ICU stay is longer than 48 hours; Patients of both genders

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Traumas or fractures to the face or oral cavity that make clinical examinations and application of oral care protocols impossible; Management restrictions requested by the medical team

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Evaluate if the application of an oral hygiene protocol recommended by AMIB influences the mortality rate, total length of stay, and the total number of intubation days in intensive care units;—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Evaluate the oral condition and quality of oral hygiene of ICU patients using the BOE and IHOPC instruments; ;Investigate whether there is an association between the application of an oral hygiene protocol recommended by AMIB and a reduction in BOE and IHOPC scores; ;Evaluate the stomatological alterations that occur in ICU patients; ;Investigate whether there is an association between the occurrence of lesions in the oral cavity and an increase in the length of stay, intubation time and mortality rate of ICU patients; ;Evaluate the occurrence of A. baumannii and K. pneumoniae bacteria in the oral cavity of ICU patients, as well as their association with length of stay, intubation time and mortality rate; ;Assess whether the application of the AMIB oral hygiene protocol influences the occurrence of A. baumannii and K. pneumoniae bacterias;;Investigate whether there is an association between A. baumannii and K. pneumoniae bacterias and the BOE and IHOPC scores;—

Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Public ContactFernanda Salum

Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

fernanda.salum@pucrs.br+55(51)33203254

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP)