The effects of promoting oral intake using the Kuchi-kara Taberu index, a comprehensive feeding assistant tool, in older pneumonia patients: a cluster randomized controlled trial

• Published in: BMC geriatrics Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 36 - 8
• Main Authors: Shamoto, Hiroshi, Koyama, Tamami, Momosaki, Ryo, Maeda, Keisuke, Wakabayashi, Hidetaka
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 31.01.2020; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Activities of daily living; Care and treatment; Clinical trials; Data collection; Deglutition; Deglutition disorder; Deglutition disorders; Dysphagia; Eating; Elderly patients; Equipment and supplies; Feeding assistance (Patient care); Food; Geriatrics; Hospitals; Intervention; Medical personnel; Medical research; Methods; Mortality; Multivariate analysis; Nutrition; Nutrition therapy; Older people; Patients; Pneumonia; Rehabilitation; Statistical analysis; Japan; Deglutition; Eating; Pneumonia; Deglutition disorder; Nutrition therapy; Rehabilitation

The multidisciplinary comprehensive care (MDCC) program promotes the improvement of oral intake for older patients. The Kuchi-kara Taberu (ingesting orally in Japanese, KT) index was developed to objectively assess patient conditions in the MDCC program. This trial examined the effects of the index...