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

NCT04507646 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: N202001048
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 124
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief 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.

Conditions

Salivary Gland Diseases

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Subjective dry mouth health

  self-rated salivation

  pre-test and post-test

• Objective dry mouth health

  Salivation measured by Oral moisture meter

  pre-test and post-test

Study Arms (2)

True auricular acupuncture

EXPERIMENTAL

Effective auricular acupuncture

Other: True auricular acupuncture

Sham auricular acupuncture

SHAM COMPARATOR

Ineffective auricular acupuncture

Other: sham auricular acupuncture

Interventions

True auricular acupuncture OTHER

The participant in experimental group will receive acupuncture on ear Shenmen point, ear zero point, and Salivary glands.

True auricular acupuncture

sham auricular acupuncture OTHER

The participant in control group will receive acupuncture on ineffective point at ear.

Sham auricular acupuncture

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 65 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Residents in long-term institutions aged over 65 years old
• Living in long-term institutions at least six months and above
• Having normal cognitive functions with Mini-Mental State Examination scores more than 25 scores.

You may not qualify if:

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Taipei Medical University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Yilan Yuanshan Hopsital

Yilan, 26443, Taiwan

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Salivary Gland Diseases

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mouth Diseases; Stomatognathic Diseases

Study Officials

• Hui-Chuan Huang, PhD

  Taipei Medical University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: TRIPLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: Two blinded researchers indenpendent performered auricular acupuncture for experimental or control group, respectively. Experimental group receive true auricular acupuncture and control group receive sham auricular acupuncture.
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: The Effectiveness of Auricular Acupuncture on Improving Secretion of Saliva Among Institutional Older Population

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 26, 2020
• First Posted: August 11, 2020
• Study Start: August 26, 2020
• Primary Completion: September 2, 2020
• Study Completion: April 30, 2021
• Last Updated: April 27, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-04

Locations

TW (1)