Mouth Odor on Preventing Pneumonia by Oral Frailty
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Breathing, Mouth
Pneumonia
Frailty
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
Healthy Volunteers Welcome
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
At a Glance
- Age
- 50 and older
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Prevention
- Participants needed
- 304 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- National Cheng-Kung University Hospital · Other
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About This Trial
This research plan aims to first collect data on the oral function and oral hygiene status of the elderly population in the community and to understand the normal model of oral frailty among the older adults in the community. Subsequently, a comparison will be made between the oral status of hospitalized patients and the community-dwelling elderly population. The goal is to verify whether oral odo…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* Age ≥ 50 years old,
* Alert and oriented,
* With sufficient comprehension and cooperation,
* Willing to participate in oral assessment.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patients who score below 5 on the General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition (GPCOG),
* Patients with oral treatmen…
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