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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Med.
Sec. Rheumatology
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1413753

Effects of Green Tea Based Oral Health Strategies on Disease Activity inRheumatoid Arthritis

Provisionally accepted
Sanrong Lan Sanrong Lan 1Shuang Jin Shuang Jin 1Rong Lin Rong Lin 2Lili Chen Lili Chen 1Baochuan Chen Baochuan Chen 3Hong Li Hong Li 2*
  • 1 Fujian Provincial Hospital, Fuzhou, China
  • 2 College of Nursing, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China
  • 3 The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China

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    Aim: In this study, we aimed to evaluate oral health strategies in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with periodontitis.We enrolled 110 RA patients with periodontitis who were diagnosed in a Grade A tertiary hospital into an oral health strategies program. The control and test groups comprised 55 cases each. The management effect was evaluated by self-care ability, oral health-related quality of life, RA-related clinical indicators, and the DAS28 score. The control group received routine nursing, whereas the test group was in a self-health management program for 3 months.Results: After the intervention, compared to the control group, the test group showed better self-care ability, oral health-related quality of life score, RA-related clinical indicators, and DAS28 score (P < 0.05).Our oral health strategies program slowed down the progression of the disease and can be popularized in patients.

    Keywords: Rheumatoid arthritis, Periodontitis, Self-health management, Oral care, Self-care ability

    Received: 07 Apr 2024; Accepted: 14 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Lan, Jin, Lin, Chen, Chen and Li. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Hong Li, College of Nursing, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China

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