The Association Between Periodontal Disease and Malnutrition in a Group of Elderly People in Thailand.

This study will be determine the association between periodontitis and malnutrition status in older adult.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Periodontal Diseases; Malnutrition
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: the association between periodontitis and malnutrition status

Detailed Description

Ageing may accompany with an accumulation of diseases and impairments cause by physiological, socioeconomic and psychological changes. The older adults are more prone to nutritional deficiencies due to combination of factors such as ageing, excessive polypharmacy, general health decline, poor socioeconomic status, cognitive decline, poor appetite, impaired efficacy of swallowing and limit eating ability.

Periodontitis is a multifactorial disease predominantly a bacterial infection involving the dental biofilm or dental plaque. Periodontitis increases in extent and severity across a large proportion of the human population with ageing. The effects of ageing on the immune system include distinct alterations in both innate and adaptive immune-cell function and effector biomolecules, resulting in processes reflecting immunosenescence, immunoactivation and inflammaging. Moreover, genetic contribution alters immunity and inflammation that play a role in the dysregulation of host responses in ageing. The combination of chronic antigenic burden and uncontrolled inflammatory response can enhance immunosenescence and ageing-associated disease. Periodontitis also has an effect on food intake, nutritional status and quality of life in older adults.

However the relationship between chronic periodontitis and malnutrition in older adult is not clear and needs further study. In this study will be determine the association between periodontitis and malnutrition status in older adult.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 78
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Thailand
  • Bangkok, Thailand, 10400
    • Kanyawat Rattanasuwan

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 60 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Subjects who has aged ≥ 60 years old.
2. Subjects who not receive periodontal treatment within the previous 6 months.
3. Subjects who are able to read Thai and express verbal communication.
4. Subjects who are functional independent older adults (get ≥ 12 points from Barthel Index for Activities of Daily Living) [50, 51].
5. Subjects who are cognitive functional independent older adults (get > 23 points from Thai Mental State Examination) [52].

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Subjects with completely edentulous area.
2. Subjects who require antibiotic prophylaxis for dental examination

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Screening
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: older adult; Subjects who has aged ≥ 60 years old.	Behavioral: the association between periodontitis and malnutrition status; be determine the association between periodontitis and malnutrition status in older adult.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Nutritional status	The nutritional status of the participants will be measured by MNA (Mini Nutritional Assessment) questionnaire. The participants with scores ≥ 24 were classified as having a normal nutritional status, 17 to 23.5 were classified as at risk of malnutrition and <17 were classified as malnutrition.	1 hour
Periodontal status	The probing pocket depth and clinical attachment level were collected by clinical data collection. The participants who had 4 or more teeth with 1 or more sites with PPD ≥ 4 mm and with clinical attachment loss ≥ 3 mm at the same site was diagnosed as periodontitis.	2 hour

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Variables that associated with malnutrition in older adult.	The variables that may be associated with malnutrition in all participants were collected. Including, the sociodemographic data and health behavioral information were collected by questionnaires. The anthropometric measurements, masticatory ability, periodontal status, number of teeth and functional tooth units were recorded. The complete data was analyzed for the associated with malnutrition.	1 month

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Mahidol University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Kanyawat Rattanasuwan, Department of Oral Medicine and Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, Mahidol University.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 1, 2019
• Primary Completion (Actual): April 1, 2021
• Study Completion (Actual): May 1, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 20, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 11, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): November 22, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): November 22, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 11, 2021
• Last Verified: November 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: malnutrition; periodontal disease; older adult
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Nutrition Disorders; Stomatognathic Diseases; Mouth Diseases; Malnutrition; Periodontal Diseases
• Other Study ID Numbers: MU-DT/PY-IRB 2019/051.1408

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No