Tokyo, Dec. 1 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000058847) titled 'Development and Implementation Study of a Collaborative Intervention Model Among Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmacies Through Home-Visit Medical Care' on Dec. 1.
Study Type:
Interventional
Study Design:
Basic Design - Single arm
Randomization - Non-randomized
Blinding - Open -no one is blinded
Control - Self control
Primary Sponsor:
Institute - Institute of Science Tokyo
Condition:
Condition - Older adult requiring nursing care
Classification by malignancy - Others
Genomic information - NO
Objective:
Narrative objectives1 - Background
Collaboration among medical and nursing care professionals supports community based care for older adults. While medicine dental cooperation is common, collaboration with pharmacies is rare. For home care patients, especially with dysphagia, pharmacy input on medication use and drug adjustments is important. Adding dentistry to medicine pharmacy cooperation may create a more comprehensive system.
Objectives
This study aims to build a medicine pharmacy dentistry collaboration model. A demonstration will test pharmacy to dental referral using Sugi or Sakura pharmacies and nearby home visit dental clinics. The study will evaluate effects on patient conditions and improve healthcare for older adults.
Basic objectives2 - Others
Intervention:
Interventions/Control_1 - Home visit dental care for older adults requiring long-term care without prior dental or oral management
Eligibility:
Age-lower limit - 65
years-old
<
Age-upper limit - Not applicable
Gender - Male and Female
Key inclusion criteria - Among home care patients receiving home visit dispensing from Sugi Pharmacy or Sakura Pharmacy, or home visit dental care from participating dental clinics, those without existing pharmacy dental collaboration such as exchange of information forms and who provide consent to participate in the study will be included. Adult patients of either sex are eligible.
Key exclusion criteria - If a participant meets any of the following conditions, participation in the study will be discontinued:
Withdrawal of consent by the participant
Any other situation in which the study investigators judge that discontinuation is appropriate
Target Size - 60
Recruitment Status:
Recruitment status - Preinitiation
Date of protocol fixation - 2025 Year 08 Month 01 Day
Anticipated trial start date - 2025 Year 12 Month 01 Day
Last follow-up date - 2029 Year 03 Month 31 Day
To know more, visit https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000067292
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