About this trial
The goal of interventional study is to for the elderly who have poor chewing and eating ability after installing removable dentures through the intervention of oral mastication training and texture and diet education, the effects on oral health, eating ability, nutrition, and physical function changes are confirmed in Elderly individuals residing in Chiayi County who are 65 years of age or older, capable of self-care, conscious, and able to communicate in Mandarin and Taiwanese. The main question it aims to answer is:
•Are there significant benefits to oral health, eating ability, nutrition, and physical function through the intervention of oral mastication training and texture and diet education? Researchers will compare changes in oral health, eating ability, nutrition, and physical functioning results to see if oral mastication training is effective.
Participants will:
* Experimental group: oral mastication training and texture and diet education. * Control group: only texture and diet education. * Cases were tracked in month 1 and will be tracked again in month 6.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
residing in Chiayi County who are 65 years of age or older
capable of self-care, conscious
able to communicate in Mandarin and Taiwanese.
Disqualifiers
non-residents of Chiayi County
unable to take care of themselves or are unconscious
demented or mentally challenged and are unable to cooperate
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- oral mastication training
- texture and diet education