Effects of the Oral Care With Vaccines for Pneumonia in Elderly; Going Home Together Both Physician and Dentist

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

199

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

November 30, 2009

Primary Completion Date

October 31, 2010

Study Completion Date

October 31, 2010

Conditions
Pneumonia
Interventions
BIOLOGICAL

Pneumococcal vaccination (Pneumovax NP, 21800AMY10131000)

Injection,subcutaneous,0.5ml,ones,Planned duration of intervention:a day

BIOLOGICAL

Influenza vaccination (Flubik HA, 16100EZZ01207000)

Injection,subcutaneous,0.5ml,ones,Planned duration of intervention:a day

BIOLOGICAL

Influenza vaccination (Flubik HA, 16100EZZ01207000)

Injection,subcutaneous,0.5ml,ones,Planned duration of intervention:a day

OTHER

Specific frequency of oral care

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.

Trial Locations (1)

068-0402

Yubari Kibounomori, Yūbari

Sponsors
All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Health Research Foundation

OTHER

lead

Yubari Kibounomori

OTHER