Oral Health, Dental Care and Aspiration History of Tube Fed Patients
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Oral Health, Dental Care and Aspiration History of Tube Fed Patients in Bradford
IRAS ID
249799
Contact name
Annabelle Carter
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Leeds
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 1 months, 10 days
Research summary
There is little information regarding oral health of tube-fed children, with general acknowledgement that gum-disease risk is high given increased calculus build-up. Calculus deposits can become dislodged and result in aspiration, due to an unsafe swallow, impacting on general health.
The study aim is to determine the oral health of tube-fed children, oral health care regimens, dental care history, and identify the dental treatment needs of the local tube fed paediatric population within Bradford.
Secondary aims are: Identify and assess the quality of medical history taking by dental care professionals within the dental community service for tube fed patients, in comparison to the patients medical records at Bradford Royal Infirmary (BRI), with a view to improving the quality of recorded medical histories thus facilitating optimal oral health care in this group of patients. Identify co-morbidities of tube fed patients, regarding respiratory health. Identify any challenges for managing and maintaining the oral health of tube fed patients.First stage is a retrospective case note analysis. The BRI locally devised tube-fed database would identify the local population to be studied. This database will be cross referenced with Bradford Community Dental Service (CDS) database to identify which patients are already known to the CDS.
Individuals known to both services would have both their dental and medical notes reviewed retrospectively to determine:
• Medical health (medical diagnoses, swallow safety, history of aspiration/significant chest infections following tube–placement), and accuracy of the medical history taking by dentists, when compared to the medical notes.
•Oral health (including: decay, gum health, calculus, oral hygiene measures, treatment experience)
A sample of 50 of these CDS patients will have a dental clinical review, as part of their routine dental check-up, to record more detailed oral health indices for use in this study. Data will be collected over 6 months.REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - Sheffield Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
20/YH/0002
Date of REC Opinion
22 Apr 2020
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion