Effectiveness of Tongue Cleaning plus Chemical Mouthwash Agents into the Number of Oral Microorganism on the Aspiration Pneumonia in Bedridden Elderly Patients : A Cross over study

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

TCTR

Registry ID

TCTR20190614001

Enrollment

Unknown

Registered

2019-06-14

Start date

2019-08-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-08-03

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Conditions

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Interventions

Group 1 : Tongue cleaning using mechanical and Chlorhexidine gluconate mouthwash. It has washout period 1 week and change into another mouthwash.,Group 2 : Tongue cleaning using mechanical and Povidon

Experimental Drug,Experimental Drug,Placebo Comparator Other

Chlorhexidine gluconate mouthwash,Povidone iodine mouthwash,Water

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

60 Years to 100 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - the elderly totally independent in the community who have been with care giver

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - the elderly totally independent who have oral lesion, have history of side effect of mouth wash and do not consent in the research

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Number of Oral Microorganism Researcher record the data suddenly after intervention and 3 hours after intervention standard plate count	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
tongue coating Researcher record the data suddenly after intervention and 3 hours after intervention tongue coating index	—

Countries

Thailand

Contacts

Public ContactPatcharaphol Samnieng

Faculty of Dentistry, Naresuan University

nilobona61@email.nu.ac.th0876994897

Outcome results

None listed

Source: TCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 9, 2026