Oral care is a common way of caring for long-term care facility residents, particularly for those with swallowing difficulties, as oral health is closely related to eating function. Oral care includes general oral hygiene and comprehensive oral care (including cleaning, facial massage, oral muscle massage and stretching, and oral moisturizing). Regular oral care can reduce oral diseases, improve oral mucosa, increase appetite, and improve eating function. However, it is still unclear whether comprehensive oral care can improve eating function and aid in removing nasogastric tubes. Therefore, this study plans to recruit residents with dysphagia from multiple long-term care facilities nationwide to investigate the impact of comprehensive oral care on nasogastric tube removal. The study will collect basic information, disease diagnosis, and onset time and use random grouping to investigate the effects of general oral hygiene and oral care on nasogastric tube removal. The results of this study can provide guidance for clinical practitioners and researchers on oral care and eating function improvement for long-term care facility residents.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
91
including cleaning, facial massage, oral muscle massage and stretching, and oral moisturizing.
National Taiwan University Hospital
Taipei, Zhongzheng Dist., Taiwan
Removing nasogastric tubes
Each subject was tracked at one month, three months, and six months for the status of their nasogastric tube.
Time frame: Follow up for 6 months
the functional oral intake scale
Time frame: Follow up for 6 months
body weight
Time frame: Follow up for 6 months
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