AUTHOR=Lan Sanrong , Jin Shuang , Lin Rong , Chen Baochuan , Gao Fei , Zhang Shengli , Chen Lili , Li Hong 

TITLE=Effects of green tea based oral health strategies on disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Medicine

VOLUME=11

YEAR=2024

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/medicine/articles/10.3389/fmed.2024.1413753

DOI=10.3389/fmed.2024.1413753

ISSN=2296-858X

ABSTRACT=<sec><title>Aim</title><p>In this study, we aimed to evaluate oral health strategies in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with periodontitis.</p></sec><sec><title>Methods</title><p>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.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>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 (<italic>P</italic> &lt; 0.05).</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusion</title><p>Our oral health strategies program slowed down the progression of the disease and can be popularized in patients.</p></sec>