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Study aims: The primary aim is to identify influencing variables on oral hygiene / oral health and bite force in patients with dementia.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Oral Health - Test Group | Other | - study population is randomly assigned to control and test group |
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| Bite Force/Chewing Efficacy-Test Group | Other | - study population is randomly assigned to control and test group |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral Health | Procedure |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Oral Health (dental examination) | Decayed, Missing, Filled - Index (dmf/t) | 1 year |
| Chewing function I (examination with force gauge meter) | Bite Force (Bite Force Meter in Newton) | 1 year |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Nutrition I (questionnaire/ assessment of nutritional state) | Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) (Malnutrition present? yes/no/at risk) | 1 year |
| Nutrition II (examination for weight and body-size) |
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Julia Kunze, Dr. | Contact | +41 44 63 43 334 | julia.kunze@zzm.uzh.ch |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Julia Kunze, Dr. | University of Zurich | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinic of General, Special Care and Geriatric Dentistry | Recruiting | Zurich | 5621 | Switzerland |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 36153477 | Derived | Jockusch J, Hahnel S, Nitschke I. Use of handgrip strength measurement as an alternative for assessing chewing function in people with dementia. BMC Geriatr. 2022 Sep 24;22(1):769. doi: 10.1186/s12877-022-03452-2. | |
| 34391408 | Derived | Jockusch J, Hopfenmuller W, Nitschke I. Influence of cognitive impairment and dementia on oral health and the utilization of dental services : Findings of the Oral Health, Bite force and Dementia Study (OrBiD). BMC Oral Health. 2021 Aug 14;21(1):399. doi: 10.1186/s12903-021-01753-3. |
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| ID | Term |
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| D003704 | Dementia |
| ID | Term |
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| D001927 | Brain Diseases |
| D002493 | Central Nervous System Diseases |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
| D019965 | Neurocognitive Disorders |
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| ID | Term |
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| D009909 | Oral Health |
| D001732 | Bite Force |
| ID | Term |
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| D006262 | Health |
| D011154 | Population Characteristics |
| D003766 | Dental Occlusion |
| D003813 | Dentistry |
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| Bite Force | Procedure |
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Body Mass Index (BMI) (normal weight / under-weight / over-weight)
| 1 year |
| Chewing function II (two-coloured chewing gum to test efficacy) | Chewing Efficacy (chew two-coloured chewing gum 20 times, visual and optoelectronic evaluation) | 1 year |
| D001523 | Mental Disorders |