The main aim of this oral health intervention project is to compare the effect of providing 1) professional oral hygiene instruction alone versus 2) professional oral hygiene instruction plus adjunctive Chlorhexidine mouth rinse versus 3) professional oral hygiene instruction plus adjunctive assisted tooth brushing and Chlorhexidine mouth rinse, on the oral health condition, the general health condition and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of patients with stroke who are receiving hospital-based rehabilitation. An additional aim is to assess potential longer term oral intervention-related health and HRQoL outcomes.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
102
Oral health promotion intervention
Tung Wah Hospital
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Change in plaque scores over course of trial
Time frame: Three week in-hospital rehabilitation period
Change in gingival bleeding scores over course of trial
Time frame: three week in-hospital rehabilitation period
Change in oral colonization by aerobic and facultatively anaerobic Gram-negative bacilli over course of trial
Time frame: Three week in-hospital rehabilitation period
Change in oral colonization by Staphylococcus aureus over course of trial
Time frame: Three week in-hospital rehabilitation period
Change in oral colonization by yeasts over course of trial
Time frame: Three week in-hospital rehabilitation period
Change in health-related quality of life over course of trial
Time frame: three week in-hospital rehabilitation period
Change in oral health-related quality of life over course of trial
Time frame: Three week in-hospital rehabilitation period
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