Tokyo, June 12 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000061864) titled 'Study on the effectiveness of oral hygiene instruction using mobile phone text message for older adults' on June 11.

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Basic Design - Parallel Randomization - Randomized Blinding - Single blind -investigator(s) and assessor(s) are blinded Control - Active

Primary Sponsor: Institute - Niigata University

Condition: Condition - Periodontitis, Dental caries Classification by malignancy - Others Genomic information - NO

Objective: Narrative objectives1 - To clarify whether oral hygiene instruction using mobile phone text message is effective in improving oral hygiene status of older adults Basic objectives2 - Efficacy

Intervention: Interventions/Control_1 - For the test group, the following interventions will be delivered. I. Usual in-person oral hygiene instruction at baseline II. Text messages for providing oral hygiene instruction will be sent to the mobile phone (a total of 12 messages will be sent every other day between baseline and 4 weeks of follow-up) Interventions/Control_2 - For the control group, only usual in-person oral hygiene instruction will be provided at baseline.

Eligibility: Age-lower limit - 65 years-old <= Age-upper limit - Not applicable Gender - Male and Female Key inclusion criteria - Community-dwelling older adults aged 65 years or older Key exclusion criteria - I. Subjects aged less than 65 years II. Subjects who are edentulous III. Subjects who do not have any mobile phones to receive the text messages IV. Subjects unable to communicate due to hearing impairment or mental health issues V. Subjects found to have cognitive impairment Target Size - 100

Recruitment Status: Recruitment status - Preinitiation Date of protocol fixation - 2025 Year 11 Month 21 Day Date of IRB - 2025 Year 11 Month 21 Day Anticipated trial start date - 2026 Year 06 Month 15 Day Last follow-up date - 2026 Year 12 Month 31 Day

To know more, visit https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000069925

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