Prospective study comparing the effects of interventions (combined oral care and pneumococcal plus influenza vaccinations) in preventing pneumonia and increasing the survival rate from pneumonia.
The elderly population can be expected to increase not only in developed countries, but also in developing countries. Pneumonia is one of the most common causes of death in the elderly. The investigators conducted a prospective study comparing the effects of interventions (combined oral care and pneumococcal plus influenza vaccinations) in preventing pneumonia and increasing the survival rate from pneumonia in consecutive elderly patients at a nursing home in Yubari during one year from 2009, with the results in a non-intervention group.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
199
Injection,subcutaneous,0.5ml,ones,Planned duration of intervention:a day
Injection,subcutaneous,0.5ml,ones,Planned duration of intervention:a day
Injection,subcutaneous,0.5ml,ones,Planned duration of intervention:a day
Yubari Kibounomori
Yūbari, Hokkaido, Japan
Number of Participants With Pneumonia
Number of Participants with Pneumonia sufferers
Time frame: 1 year
Death From Pneumonia
Number of participants for the death from pneumonia
Time frame: 1 year
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1 dentist and 2 dental hygienists visited the nursing home once a week. After the residents agreed our receive oral care, the dentist/dental hygienist spent 15 minutes with brushing of teeth, scaling, oral wiping, gargling and cleaning of dentures, to reduce dental plaque which is oral bacteria mechanically by using cleaning tools, including toothbrush, interdental brush, dental scaler, tongue brush, and sponge brush to treatment of periodontal disease at the washstand in their private room primary care physicians. At the same time, they taught and recorded to the nursing care workers the methods of administering responsible oral care to dye for dental plaque by using plaque disclosing agent material.