Status:
COMPLETED
Health Education to Caregivers to Reduce Aspiration Pneumonia
Lead Sponsor:
Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Conditions:
Oropharyngeal Dysphagia
Pneumonia
Eligibility:
All Genders
65+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Randomized clinical study with a control group for assessing the decrease in the incidence of pneumonia, in a 12-month follow-up, in older people with cognitive impairment, risk of bronchial aspiratio...
Detailed Description
Introduction: The number of people over 65 years of age is increasing, observing an older population worldwide. In the year 2050 there will be 2,000 million, this situation is due to medical and techn...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patient inclusion criteria:
- People over 65 years of age, with cognitive impairment, evaluated with the Pfeiffer Test ≥ 3. With risk of bronchoaspiration, detected by the presence of oropharyngeal dysphagia and confirmed with the test (V-VST). Risk of malnutrition, evaluated with the MNA-SF test ≤ 11 and with dependency to perform the basic activities of daily living, with a Barthel index ≤ 61.
- Voluntary participation and signing the informed consent after being informed orally and in writing about the study, the patient or responsible relative.
- Caregiver inclusion criteria:
- Voluntary participation and signing the informed consent after being informed orally and in writing about the study.
- Patient exclusion criteria:
- Patients with a high degree of oropharyngeal dysphagia (that is, when they bronchoaspirate when administering 5 ml of pudding texture while performing the test (V-VST) to measure oropharyngeal dysphagia).
- Patients with delirium at the time of evaluation.
- Institutionalized patients, in residences or long stay.
- Caregiver exclusion criteria:
- That the caregiver is not the usual one. This means that, at the time of the study, the patient is not cared for by the usual reference person. Therefore, the caregiver is present in a punctual and transitory situation.
- That patients or their caregivers do not understand the Catalan or Spanish language.
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 30 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 28 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
178 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05405829
Start Date
May 30 2019
End Date
March 28 2023
Last Update
March 29 2023
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Parc Sanitari Pere Virgili
Barcelona, Spain, 08022