Clinical Observation of New Oral Care Method for Treatment of Swallowing Disturbance After Cerebral Apoplexy / 广州中医药大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the therapeutic effect of new oral care method for the treatment of swallowing disturbance after cerebral apoplexy. Methods A total of 50 post-apoplexy patients with swallowing disturbance were evenly randomized into treatment group and control group, 25 in each group. Both groups were given routine rehabilitation training for recovering swallowing function, and the rehabilitation training covered fundamental training, swallowing training, and food in-take training. And additionally, the control group was given routine oral care, and the treatment group was given new oral care method which included the stimulation on K point, cold Yin He gargle stimulation and focal application of herbal medicine buccal droplets. Two weeks later, water swallow test results were grading for evaluation of the therapeutic effect of the two groups. Results (1) After treatment for 2 continuous weeks, the water swallow test results were classified into grades 1 and 2 in 23 cases of the treatment group and in 17 of the control group, indicating that the treatment group had better effect on improving swallowing function ( P<0.01). ( 2) The total effective rate was 92.0% in the treatment group, higher than 68.0% in the control group ( P<0.01). Conclusion New oral care method has better effect on relieving swallowing disturbance than routine oral care for the treatment of swallowing disturbance after cerebral apoplexy.