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JAPANESE
国立保健医療科学院
JRCT ID: jRCT1062210063

Registered date:17/12/2021

Examination of the effect of improving oral function on physical and mental frailty

Basic Information

Recruitment status Recruiting
Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studiedfrailty
Date of first enrollment17/12/2021
Target sample size100
Countries of recruitment
Study typeInterventional
Intervention(s)Perform oral exercises in the specified manner and at the specified frequency for 3 months.

Outcome(s)

Primary Outcomefrailty (Japanese version of Cardiovascular Health Study index)
Secondary OutcomeSarcopenia (musculoskeletal muscle mass) Nutritional status (mini nutritional status assessment) Oral function (number of bacteria on tongue, oral wetness, bite strength, tongue pressure, masticatory function, tongue/lip movement function, swallowing function) Number of teeth: number of teeth present, number of functional teeth Periodontal status: periodontal pocket depth, bleeding during probing Mental/psychological status (Geriatric Depression Rating Scale) Social frailty index (Makizako's index)

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Age minimum>= 60age old
Age maximumNot applicable
GenderBoth
Include criteriaPatients who meet all of the following criteria are eligible 1) Age of 60 years or older at the time of obtaining consent 2) Patients who have no experience in performing oral exercises. 3) Outpatients of the Department of Dentistry and Preventive Dentistry, Okayama University Hospital. 4) Patients who have received sufficient explanations about participation in this study and have given written consent of their own free will with full understanding.
Exclude criteriaPatients who violate any of the following will not be included in this study 1) Patients who are unable to walk independently 2) Patients who are unable to respond to the questionnaire survey. 3) Other patients who are judged inappropriate as research subjects by the principal investigators and sub-investigators.

Related Information

Contact

Public contact
Name Takeuchi Noriko
Address 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kitaku, Okayama, Okayama Okayama Japan 700-8558
Telephone +81-86-235-6712
E-mail takeuti@md.okayama-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Okayama University hospital
Scientific contact
Name Morita Manabu
Address 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kitaku, Okayama, Okayama Okayama Japan 700-8558
Telephone +81-862356712
E-mail takeuti@md.okayama-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences.