Clinical trial NCT06529900: The Effects of Technological Oral Health Management
Official title: The Effects of Technological Oral Health Management on Improving Oral Health, Eating Ability, Nutritional Status, and Physical Function of the Elderly in the Community After Wearing Removable Dentures: An Example of the Agricultural County
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Oral Health
Malnutrition
Dysphagia
Sarcopenia
Keywords: the elderly in the community
oral health
nutrition
eating ability
physical function
technological oral health management
dentures
Lead sponsor: Chang Gung University of Science and Technology
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-07-31
Enrollment: 112
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 65
Standard ages: OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Brief summary: The goal of interventional study is to for the elderly who have poor chewing and eating ability after installing removable dentures through the intervention of oral mastication training and texture and diet education, the effects on oral health, eating ability, nutrition, and physical function changes are confirmed in Elderly individuals residing in Chiayi County who are 65 years of age or older, capable of self-care, conscious, and able to communicate in Mandarin and Taiwanese. The main question it aims to answer is:

•Are there significant benefits to oral health, eating ability, nutrition, and physical function through the intervention of oral mastication training and texture and diet education? Researchers will compare changes in oral health, eating ability, nutrition, and physical functioning results to see if oral mastication training is effective.

Participants will:

* Experimental group: oral mastication training and texture and diet education.
* Control group: only texture and diet education.
* Cases were tracked in month 1 and will be tracked again in month 6.

Detailed description: Expected Results：

1. To establish an oral mastication training and texture and diet education program for the elderly who have poor chewing and eating ability after dentures are installed.
2. Provide teaching programs tailored to the evidence-based and individualized needs of the elderly.
3. Through the implementation of evidence-based oral mastication training and a texture and diet education program, the experimental group and the control group are expected to show variations in oral health, eating ability, nutrition, and physical function over time.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. residing in Chiayi County who are 65 years of age or older
2. capable of self-care, conscious
3. able to communicate in Mandarin and Taiwanese.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. non-residents of Chiayi County
2. unable to take care of themselves or are unconscious
3. demented or mentally challenged and are unable to cooperate

Primary outcomes:
measure: Oral Frailty Index-8
timeFrame: Baseline, 1 month, 6 months.
measure: Iowa Oral Performance Instrument
timeFrame: Baseline, 1 month, 6 months.
measure: Food Intake Questionnaire
timeFrame: Baseline, 1 month, 6 months.
measure: Comfort Eating Scale
timeFrame: Baseline, 1 month, 6 months.
measure: Mini Nutritional Assessment-Short Form
timeFrame: Baseline, 1 month, 6 months.
measure: Study of Osteoporotic Fracture
timeFrame: Baseline, 1 month, 6 months.
measure: Handgrip strength
timeFrame: Baseline, 1 month, 6 months.
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