Journal of Advances in Clinical Nursing

Objective To stimulate oropharynx with homemade ice cotton stick, improve swallowing function and oral hygiene, reduce aspiration, reduce aspiration pneumonia risk, save medical costs and improve patients quality of life. Methods In this study, stroke patients hospitalized in the geriatric rehabilitation Department of our hospital from September 2023 to February 2024 were selected. A randomized controlled trial was used to divide 60 eligible patients with dysphagia after stroke who were ≥ grade 3 in the Kotian drinking water test into experimental group and control group. The control group received routine swallowing rehabilitation training, and the experimental group received routine swallowing rehabilitation training based on sensory stimulation therapy on the basis of this, and recorded the swallowing function, oral health status and incidence of aspiration pneumonia of the patients after 4 weeks of intervention. Results The improvement of swallowing function in experimental group was better than that in control group (P<0.05). The oral health condition of experimental group was better than that of control group (P<0.05). The incidence of aspiration pneumonia in experimental group was lower than that in control group (P<0.05). Conclusion By means of nursing intervention, the use of self-made wind oil essence ice cotton stick to stimulate the oral pharynx of patients can significantly improve the swallowing ability and oral hygiene of patients, so as to reduce the incidence of aspiration pneumonia in patients, reduce unnecessary medical expenses, and improve the quality of life of patients.

Wind oil essence; Sensory stimulation; Stroke; Dysphagia; Nurse