Clinical trial NCT04507646: The Effectiveness of Auricular Acupuncture on Improving Secretion of Saliva Among Institutional Older Population
Official title: The Effectiveness of Auricular Acupuncture on Improving Secretion of Saliva Among Institutional Older Population
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Salivary Gland Diseases
Lead sponsor: Taipei Medical University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-08-11
Enrollment: 124
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 65
Standard ages: OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: The study aims to examine the effect of auricular acupuncture on improving oral health in older population. The hypothesis of this study is that older people receiving auricular acupuncture can increase salivary secretion. By identifying the effectiveness of auricular acupuncture can increase salivary secretion; suitable care can be suggested to improve oral health in older population living in long-term institutions.

Detailed description: The elderly living in long-term institutions are mostly limited to physical dysfunction and highly dependence. In addition, the chronic diseases are affected by taking a variety of drugs, which may easily lead to dry mouth. Thus, providing oral health to increase secretion of saliva is high recommended to those older population. The study is used to examine the effect of auricular acupuncture on improving oral health in older population. The eligible participants are random assign to experimental group receiving auricular acupuncture and control group having ineffective auricular acupuncture. Outcome measures include demographic variables, general health status and secretion of saliva, such as: Subjective dry mouth condition and objective mouth condition. Generalized linear model will be used to examine the effect of auricular acupuncture on improving oral health. By identifying the effectiveness of auricular acupuncture can increase salivary secretion; suitable care can be suggested to improve oral health in older population living in long-term institutions.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Residents in long-term institutions aged over 65 years old
2. Living in long-term institutions at least six months and above
3. Having normal cognitive functions with Mini-Mental State Examination scores more than 25 scores.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. The resident whose acupuncture point has Trauma, eczema or ulcer.
2. Incapable of salivary secretion caused by disease,sush as radiation-induced xerostomia among patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma, Sjogren's Syndrome,acute sialadenitis,chronic recurrent sialadenitis,viral salivary gland infection,salivary gland stones.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Subjective dry mouth health
timeFrame: pre-test and post-test
measure: Objective dry mouth health
timeFrame: pre-test and post-test
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Yilan City
country: Taiwan
facility: Yilan Yuanshan Hopsital
Study officials:
affiliation: Taipei Medical University
name: Hui-Chuan Huang, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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