| Autor: |
Suzan S. Ibrahim, Asmaa Abou-Bakr, Dalia M. Ghalwash, Radwa R. Hussein |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2023 |
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| Zdroj: |
European Journal of Medical Research, Vol 28, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2047-783X |
| DOI: |
10.1186/s40001-023-01351-9 |
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Abstract Background Taking into consideration the value of the oral health condition in geriatric people with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) associated with xerostomia and believing that salivary stimulants or substitutes could potentially be used to manage this condition. This study aimed to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of thyme honey as oral rinse in geriatric patients with ESRD using the subjective dry mouth score as a primary objective and to assess the effect of thyme honey on the salivary nitric oxide level, salivary flow rate, and salivary ph in addition to objective dry mouth score as a secondary objective. Methods This was a single blinded randomized controlled trial with two equal arms, the interventional arm (thyme honey oral rinse) and the control arm (saline). Twenty-eight geriatric patients with ESRD undergoing hemodialysis complained of xerostomia were recruited from the renal dialysis center. Patients in both arms followed the same administration protocol either with thyme honey oral rinse or saline. The following clinical parameters (the subjective and objective dry mouth scores, salivary flow rate, salivary ph, and salivary nitric oxide (NO) levels) were evaluated for both groups at different intervals (baseline, 1 week, and 1 month). Results In the current study, it was found that both the subjective and objective dry mouth scores were significantly lower after one month of using thyme honey oral rinse (1.86 ± 0.66B) and (2.21 ± 0.43B) respectively, than the control group (3.07 ± 0.73B) and (3.07 ± 0.83B), respectively with a (p |
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