Oral and nutritional status in frail elderly
| Autor: | Sirkka Lauri, Helena Soini, Pirkko Routasalo, Anja Ainamo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Saliva Frail Elderly medicine.medical_treatment Saliva secretion Nutritional Status Dentistry Dental Caries Xerostomia Oral hygiene Statistics Nonparametric Homebound Persons Dental Care for Aged Eating 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires Internal medicine medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Dental Health Surveys General Dentistry Dentures Finland Aged Aged 80 and over 2. Zero hunger Dentition business.industry 030206 dentistry Oral Hygiene Dry mouth medicine.disease Home Care Services Malnutrition Female Mouth Edentulous medicine.symptom Mouth Diseases business |
| Zdroj: | Special Care in Dentistry. 23:209-215 |
| ISSN: | 1754-4505 0275-1879 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2003.tb00314.x |
| Popis: | This article describes associations between oral health and nutritional status among chronically ill older adults who were living at home and receiving regular professional home care services. A structured questionnaire, oral examination, and Mini-Nutritional Assessment were completed for 51 subjects (mean age 83.7 years). Two-thirds of the sample were edentulous, and one-third had between 2 and 23 teeth (mean 10.59, SD +/- 6.92). Sixty percent of subjects complained of xerostomia, while dentists found only 48% to have clinical signs of dry mouth. More than half of the subjects had stimulated saliva rates of < 0.8 ml/min. Stimulated saliva secretion rates were lower for persons with no functional natural dentition or prostheses (p = 0.012). Subjects assessed their dentures to be more functional than did the dentist (Kappa 0.338). No one was considered malnourished. 47% were at risk of malnutrition, and 52% were well nourished. The dentist's estimation of dry mouth and eating problems were significantly associated to lower MNA scores (p = 0.049 and p = 0.015, respectively). Subjects with a natural functioning dentition had higher BMI scores (p = 0.0485). |
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