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Exploratory investigations of the association between infecting periodontal pathogens related to major pathophysiological factors of nursing care and cognitive impairment and frailty

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K19859
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Society medicine, Nursing, and related fields
Research InstitutionFukuoka University (2019-2022)
Fuzzy Logic Systems Institute (2018)
Fukuoka College of Health Sciences (2017)

Principal Investigator

Okura Yoshifumi  福岡大学, 医学部, 教授 (80352293)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 力丸 哲也  福岡医療短期大学, 歯科衛生学科, 教授 (10299589)
中園 栄里  福岡医療短期大学, 保健福祉学科, 講師 (10343732)
Project Period (FY) 2017-06-30 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥6,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
Keywords認知機能 / 歯周病原細菌 / フレイル / 介護要因 / 大脳前頭前野 / 慢性炎症 / 微小脳梗塞 / 口腔機能低下 / 探索的解析 / 認知機能低下 / 歯周病原菌
Outline of Final Research Achievements

It has been attracting attention in the aging society to elucidate the association between factors related to cerebral infarction, cognitive impairment and frailty, and chronic dental inflammation or oral dysfunction in need of nursing care.
In this research, we have clarified in older people receiving long-term care in the facilities that (1) new findings on changes in risk factors related to cerebral infarction, cognitive impairment and frailty after the professional oral care management program, and (2) new findings on features of changes in serum IgG antibody titers against periodontopathic bacteria (14 strains of 9 species), and (3) new findings in terms of enhanced learning efficiency of the Stroop task, which is one of the evaluation tests of executive function and selective attention function, accompanied by the activation of cognitive functional regions of the cerebral prefrontal cortex (PFC) in the exploratory investigation of the oral function improvement programs.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究において見出した新たな知見は、口腔ケア・歯科治療がもたらす脳梗塞・認知機能・フレイル(虚弱性)の関連因子の変化や歯周病原細菌に対する非薬物治療のための科学的根拠となりうる。さらに、高齢者施設入所者等を対象とした口腔ケアプログラム・歯科治療による認知機能やフレイル関連ADL(日常活動動作)の低下抑制や向上のための新たな臨床応用につなげられる臨床研究として自己評価している。

Report

(7 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (5 results)

All 2023 2021 2020 2018

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 3 results) Presentation (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Intra-oral gingival massage activates human cerebral prefrontal cortex and enhances cognitive performance2023

    • Author(s)
      Tetsuya Rikimaru, Yoshifumi Okura
    • Journal Title

      Oral Science International

      Volume: 1 Issue: 3 Pages: 1-10

    • DOI

      10.1002/osi2.1175

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Cold Stimuli on the Cheeks Activate the Left Ventrolateral Prefrontal Cortex and Enhance Cognitive Performance.2021

    • Author(s)
      Y Okura, T Rikimaru
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Cognitive Enhancement

      Volume: 5(2) Issue: 2 Pages: 164-175

    • DOI

      10.1007/s41465-020-00192-2

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Trigeminal nerve-related cold stimuli activate the cerebral prefrontal cortex regions related to cognitive performance2018

    • Author(s)
      Rikimaru, T. and Okura, Y.
    • Journal Title

      J. Fukuoka Dent. Coll.

      Volume: 44 Pages: 85-96

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Tongue muscle training program elicits increased activity of the cognitive localized regions in the cerebral prefrontal cortex(舌筋トレーニング課題は大脳前頭前野の認知機能局在部位の活性化に関連する)2020

    • Author(s)
      大倉 義文、力丸 哲也
    • Organizer
      第43回日本神経科学大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Tongue muscle training program elicits increased activity of the cognitive localized regions in the cerebral prefrontal cortex2020

    • Author(s)
      大倉義文、力丸哲也
    • Organizer
      第43回日本神経科学大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report

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Published: 2017-07-21   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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