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A Mouth Education Program for Dry Mouth
Sponsor: Leiden University Medical Center
Summary
The goal of this cluster based intervention trial is to evaluate the effect of a nurse-led patient education program on dry mouth in patients with a life-limiting condition or frailty. The Mouth Educational Program (MEP) is a nurse-led patient education program, in which trained nurses use current clinical, palliative dry mouth guidelines in a structured manner to discuss causes, consequences and interventions with the patients and to create an appropriate treatment plan. This intervention will be compared to a control group receiving care as usual. Therefore, the main question it aims to answer is: Does a nurse-led patient education program reduce dry mouth complaints in patients with a life-limiting condition or frailty? Participants will be asked to answer questionnaires and, when part of the intervention group, partake in the Mouth Educational Program (MEP).
Official title: Dry Mouth in Patients With a Life-limiting Condition or Frailty: the Effect of a Nurse-led Patient Education Program
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
228
Start Date
2023-06-15
Completion Date
2026-05
Last Updated
2023-07-28
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Mouth Educational Program
The Mouth Educational Program is a nurse-led patient education program for dry mouth in patients with a life-limiting condition or frailty.
Care as Usual
Care as usual is defined as the standard dry mouth care as provided by participants' own treating physicians.
Locations (1)
Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis (OLVG)
Amsterdam, Netherlands