Title
Effects of the Oral Care With Vaccines for Pneumonia in Elderly; Going Home Together Both Physician and Dentist
The Interventional Study in the Effects of Oral Care With Vaccines at Nursing Home; the Role of the Partnership With Physician, Dentist and Other Co-medical Stuff
Phase
N/ALead Sponsor
Yubari KibounomoriStudy Type
InterventionalStatus
Completed Results PostedIndication/Condition
PneumoniaIntervention/Treatment
23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine inactivated influenza vaccine ...Study Participants
199Prospective study comparing the effects of interventions (combined oral care and pneumococcal plus influenza vaccinations) in preventing pneumonia and increasing the survival rate from pneumonia.
The elderly population can be expected to increase not only in developed countries, but also in developing countries. Pneumonia is one of the most common causes of death in the elderly.
The investigators conducted a prospective study comparing the effects of interventions (combined oral care and pneumococcal plus influenza vaccinations) in preventing pneumonia and increasing the survival rate from pneumonia in consecutive elderly patients at a nursing home in Yubari during one year from 2009, with the results in a non-intervention group.
Injection,subcutaneous,0.5ml,ones,Planned duration of intervention:a day
Injection,subcutaneous,0.5ml,ones,Planned duration of intervention:a day
Injection,subcutaneous,0.5ml,ones,Planned duration of intervention:a day
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.
Oral care and pneumococcal plus influenza vaccines
Influenza vaccine only
Inclusion Criteria: The residents or an agent who understand the purpose of this study and give informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: The residents contraindicated to vaccine
| Event Type | Organ System | Event Term | Influenza Vaccine | Oral Care With Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccines |
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Number of Participants with Pneumonia sufferers
Number of participants for the death from pneumonia
Numer of resident for leaving nursing home
Number of resident to reject oral care
Number of resident to reject vaccine
Number of resident died before the start of oral care
