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NCT05241587
Chewing Gum in Hemodialysis Patients
NA trial testing Gum Group: in Mouth Dryness in 75 participants. Completed in 12 December 2020.
22 May 2019
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Didem Sarımehmet |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | non randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | single |
| Primary purpose | health services research |
| Enrollment | 75 |
| Start date | 3 March 2018 |
| Primary completion | 22 May 2019 |
| Estimated completion | 12 December 2020 |
| Sites | 1 location across Turkey (Türkiye) |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Gum Group:
- Mouth Spray Group:
Conditions studied
- Mouth Dryness — all drugs for Mouth Dryness →
- Nausea — all drugs for Nausea →
- Hemodialysis Complication — all drugs for Hemodialysis Complication →
- Nurse's Role — all drugs for Nurse's Role →
Sponsor
Didem Sarımehmet
Who can join
18 and older, any sex, with Mouth Dryness or Nausea. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of chewing xylitol gum on thirst, dry mouth and nausea in patients undergoing haemodialysis.Patients undergoing haemodialysis often experience thirst, dry mouth and nausea.This was a prospective, non-randomized experimental study involving a control group. The study was carried out with patients undergoing haemodialysis in a private dialysis centre in the northeast of Turkey between July and December 2018. It was completed with a total of 75 patients assigned to the gum group (n=25), mouth spray group (n=25), and control group (n=25).The patients in the gum group chewed xylitol gum for 10 minutes, five times a day for six weeks. Patients in the mouth spray group used two puffs of mouth spray three times a day. No intervention was made in the control group. Data were collected with the Patient Information Form, Charlson Comorbidity Index, Visual Analogue Scale, Rhodes Index of Nausea, Vomiting and Retching, graduated tube, and pH meter. Data were evaluated with Mann-Whitney U, Pearson Chi-square, Kruskal Wallis and Friedman tests. TREND checklist for non-randomised controlled trials was followed.
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