Clinical-based oral rehabilitation programme improved the oral diadochokinesis and swallowing function of older patients with dementia: A randomised controlled trial.
J Oral Rehabil
; 49(12): 1163-1172, 2022 Dec.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the effectiveness of a clinical-based oral function intervention on oral function and care behaviours in older patients with mild dementia.METHOD:
Participants were randomly assigned to the experimental group (EG) and control group (CG). Both groups received a leaflet on oral health-related knowledge, and the EG also received an oral function intervention, which was a brief one-on-one lesson concerning oral exercise and preventive oral care. Oral exercise included turning the head, pouting lips, bulging cheeks, stretching tongue, articulation exercise and salivary gland massages. A reminder phone call was made every 2 weeks. Perceived xerostomia and dysphagia, plaque index (PI), Winkel tongue-coating index (WTCI), repetitive saliva-swallowing test (RSST), oral diadochokinesis (DDK) and oral care behaviours were recorded at baseline and at 3-month follow-up. Generalised Estimating Equations (GEE) were used to analyse the indicated effects.RESULTS:
The EG (n = 59) exhibited greater improvement to the CG (n = 55) in RSST [ß = 0.7; effect size (ES) = 0.45], the syllables /pa/ (ß = 3.1; ES = 0.37) and /ka/ (ß = 2.7; ES = 0.40) in oral DDK, PI (ß = -0.2; ES = 0.52) and WTCI (ß = -0.8; ES = 0.38). Moreover, the EG exhibited better preventive behaviours in regular dental visits [adjusted odds ratio (aOR) = 2.2], daily mouth cleaning frequency (aOR = 1.6) and mouth cleaning before sleep (aOR = 1.3).CONCLUSION:
The brief clinical-based intervention was effective in improving the swallowing function, oral DDK and plaque control of older patients with mild dementia at 3-month follow-up.Palavras-chave
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Xerostomia
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Transtornos de Deglutição
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Demência
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
Limite:
Aged
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Oral Rehabil
Ano de publicação:
2022
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Taiwan