Evaluation of Efficacy of Coconut Oil Mouth Care for Non-autonomous Hospitalised Elderly People.
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age75+
SponsorUniversity Hospital, Limoges
About this trial
This is a prospective, longitudinal, randomised, open-label, multicentric, interventional, comparative superiority study.
The main objective is to demonstrate the superiority of oral care with coconut oil on the oral status of elderly people hospitalised in geriatrics, versus oral care with glycerol sticks.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Patients aged 75 and over
Patients hospitalised in geriatric medicine and geriatric SMR departments
Patients able to open their mouths for treatment
Patients not able to carry out their oral hygiene on their own
Disqualifiers
Patients with a known allergy to coconut
Patients requiring medicated mouth care as prescribed by a doctor
Patients under guardianship, tutorship or curatorship
Confused patients who have had medically diagnosed dehydration for less than 48 hours
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Coconut oil mouth care
- Glycerin mouthwashes
Treatment groups
94 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov