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| Name | Class |
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| Jena University Hospital | OTHER |
| Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg | OTHER |
| University of Applied Sciences, Cologne, Germany | UNKNOWN |
| Charite University, Berlin, Germany |
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Based on the poor situation of residents in German nursing homes with regard to oral health, a cluster-randomized Trial will be carried out in Rhineland-Palatindate, Germany. Dentists investigated residents to identify dental or oral hygiene problems. In the invention group, dentists' recommendations will be reinstructed to the nursing staff by dental assistance.
Introduction: Oral health and oral-health-associated quality-of-life (OHrQL) of residents in German nursing homes are poor. The investigators will develop an evidence-based catalogue of interventions applicable and sustainable ("Oral Health Tool Box"). Based on this, care-accompanying reinstruction and remotivation of nursing staff by dental assistants (DA) will be provided. The investigators hypothesize such complex intervention to significantly improve OHrQL, and daily oral hygiene/care behaviour and its cost-effectiveness.
Methods and analysis: Based on the findings of a rapid systematic review, possible intervention components will be systematized and assessed for their effectiveness. Mixed methods will be used to identify barriers and enablers of oral hygiene and care in German long-term residential care (LRC), and these will be linked with the intervention components using the Theoretical Domains Framework and the Behavior Change Wheel, the result being an "Oral Health Tool Box". A two-arm cluster, randomized-controlled-trial (ratio of 1:1 via block randomization) will be performed in nursing homes in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, including residents with moderate to severe care dependency. Each nursing home represents a cluster. Based on a feasibility study, considering clustering and possible attrition, the investigators aim at recruiting 618 residents of 18 cluster. In the intervention group, dentists will identify the specific problems of each resident, and assign one or more intervention components from the box. During follow-up, nursing staff will be reinstructed and remotivated by dental assistants in how to deliver the intervention components in individual intervals. In the control group residents will receive care as usual. The primary outcome, OHrQL, will be measured using the German version of the General Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI). Secondary outcomes include pain condition, general health-related quality-of-life, caries increment, oral/prothetic hygiene and gingival status, incidence of dental emergencies and hospitalizations, and cost-utility/effectiveness. The endpoints will be measured at baseline and after 12 months. For the primary outcome, a mixed-linear model will be used within an intention-to-treat analysis. A process evaluation using mixed methods will be conducted alongside the trial.
Due to the pandemic, the number of cases could not be reached despite outstanding commitment in recruitment. An application was made to the funding agency to adapt the project plan.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Intervention group | Experimental | In the intervention group, a range of clinical parameters are recorded and the dentists prepares an individual oral hygiene and care recommendation, based on the Oral Health Tool Box. The Box is also used for instructing the dental assistants and the nursing staff for each patient individually. It is then determined when and how the dental assistants re-evaluates the oral hygiene and care process and reinstructs and remotivates the nursing staff. If the examination reveals a need for dental treatment (possibly requiring referral and transport), this will be communicated to the nursing staff. The dental assistant will further receive a training in communication, enabling them in reinstruction and remotivation. Dentists and dental assistants will further receive a training in geriatric dentistry by the State Commissioner of the German Society for Geriatric Dentistry. |
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| Control group | No Intervention | In the control group, the residents receive care as usual. This includes the recording of the same parameters are recorded as in intervention group, a standardized form is filled out and handed over to the nursing staff. As in the case of Intervention group, the nursing staff is informed in the event of a need for treatment. No further measures are applied. |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Oral Health Tool Box | Other | Please see, description of the intervention group |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| General Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI) | The GOHAI is an established instrument for measuring oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in older people. It comprises twelve items in four domains (functional limitations, pain/discomfort, psychological aspects, behavioral aspects), which are recorded ordinally scaled from 0 (never true) to 5 (always true). | 12 months |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Pain scale | Measurement of actual pain by scale (1-10), 1 -least pain, 10-most pain | 12 months |
| European Group Quality of life-5 Dimenions-5 Levels (EQ-5D-5L) | Health-related quality of life |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein | Kiel | Germany |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 41827070 | Derived | Wobst LM, Abraham J, Habig S, Gabelmann S, Gassmann G, Schwendicke F, Schlattmann P, Orawa H, Hertrampf K, Meyer G. Recruitment of nursing homes and residents in a cluster-randomised controlled trial to improve oral health (MundZaRR): a structured analysis of trials and tribulations. Trials. 2026 Mar 13;27(1):280. doi: 10.1186/s13063-026-09607-5. | |
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After completion of the whole study, the results will be published
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| OTHER |
Cluster-randomized controlled trial
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| 12 months |
| Decayed-Missing-Filled-Teeth (DMFT) | Caries experience/tooth loss, measured with Decayed-Missing-Filled Teeth,and root caries lesions | 12 months |
| Geriatric Debris Index (GDI-S) | Oral hygiene status | 12 months |
| Periodonal Sulcus Index (PSI) | gingival inflammation | 12 months |
| Denture Hygiene Index | Prosthetic hygiene | 12 months |
| Health economic analysis | Incidence of dental-associated emergencies and hospitalisations. Nursing,dental and inpatient treatment costs | 12 months |
| Nordblom NF, Hertrampf K, Habig S, Gabelmann S, Schlattmann P, Orawa H, Meyer G, Gassmann G, Abraham J, Wobst LM, Schwendicke F. Cost-effectiveness-analysis of oral health remotivation and reinstruction in nursing homes in a cluster-randomized controlled trial. J Dent. 2025 Feb;153:105520. doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2024.105520. Epub 2024 Dec 13. |
| 32978183 | Derived | Hertrampf K, Schlattmann P, Meyer G, Gassmann G, Abraham J, Hammen V, Schwendicke F. Oral health improvement for nursing home residents through delegated remotivation and reinstruction (MundZaRR Study): study protocol of a cluster-randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2020 Sep 25;10(9):e035999. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035999. |