The Effectiveness of Auricular Acupuncture on Improving Secretion of Saliva Among Institutional Older Population

Salivary Gland Diseases Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effectiveness of Auricular Acupuncture on Improving Secretion of Saliva Among Institutional Older Population

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04507646
• Other study ID #: N202001048
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 26, 2020
• Est. completion date: April 30, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: April 2022
• Source: Taipei Medical University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The study aims to examine the effect of auricular acupuncture on improving oral health in older population. The hypothesis of this study is that older people receiving auricular acupuncture can increase salivary secretion. By identifying the effectiveness of auricular acupuncture can increase salivary secretion; suitable care can be suggested to improve oral health in older population living in long-term institutions.

Description:

The elderly living in long-term institutions are mostly limited to physical dysfunction and highly dependence. In addition, the chronic diseases are affected by taking a variety of drugs, which may easily lead to dry mouth. Thus, providing oral health to increase secretion of saliva is high recommended to those older population. The study is used to examine the effect of auricular acupuncture on improving oral health in older population. The eligible participants are random assign to experimental group receiving auricular acupuncture and control group having ineffective auricular acupuncture. Outcome measures include demographic variables, general health status and secretion of saliva, such as: Subjective dry mouth condition and objective mouth condition. Generalized linear model will be used to examine the effect of auricular acupuncture on improving oral health. By identifying the effectiveness of auricular acupuncture can increase salivary secretion; suitable care can be suggested to improve oral health in older population living in long-term institutions.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 124
• Est. completion date: April 30, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: September 2, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 65 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Residents in long-term institutions aged over 65 years old

2. Living in long-term institutions at least six months and above

3. Having normal cognitive functions with Mini-Mental State Examination scores more than 25 scores.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. The resident whose acupuncture point has Trauma, eczema or ulcer.

2. Incapable of salivary secretion caused by disease,sush as radiation-induced xerostomia among patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma, Sjogren's Syndrome,acute sialadenitis,chronic recurrent sialadenitis,viral salivary gland infection,salivary gland stones.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Salivary Gland Diseases

Intervention

Other:
• True auricular acupuncture
The participant in experimental group will receive acupuncture on ear Shenmen point, ear zero point, and Salivary glands.
• sham auricular acupuncture
The participant in control group will receive acupuncture on ineffective point at ear.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Taiwan	Yilan Yuanshan Hopsital	Yilan City

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Taipei Medical University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Taiwan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Subjective dry mouth health	self-rated salivation	pre-test and post-test
Primary	Objective dry mouth health	Salivation measured by Oral moisture meter	pre-test and post-test