Does poor dental health predict becoming homebound among older Japanese?
| Autor: | Miyo Nakade, Ken Osaka, Tatsuo Yamamoto, Katsunori Kondo, Shihoko Koyama, Jun Aida, Masashige Saito, Rika Ohtsuka |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Gerontology
Male Community dentistry Epidemiology medicine.medical_treatment Population Oral Health Logistic regression 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine stomatognathic system Surveys and Questionnaires Medicine Humans Dental public health 030212 general & internal medicine Prospective Studies Risk factor education Prospective cohort study General Dentistry Aged education.field_of_study Dentistry(all) business.industry 030206 dentistry Odds ratio medicine.disease Comorbidity stomatognathic diseases Marital status Female Homebound Homebound Persons Dentures business Tooth Research Article |
| Zdroj: | BMC Oral Health |
| ISSN: | 1472-6831 |
| Popis: | Background Being homebound is an important risk factor of functional disability in older people. There is a possibility of bidirectional relationship between homeboundness and dental health. This prospective cohort study examined the association of dental health, which includes social function, on homeboundness in the future. Methods The participants were ≥ 65 years, responded to two postal surveys conducted in 2006 and 2010, and were not homebound at baseline. Logistic regression analysis was used to estimate the odds ratios for homeboundness, defined as going out of one’s home less than once weekly. Self-reported baseline dental status was used as the main predictor. Age, sex, marital status, educational attainment, income, comorbidity, depression, walking time, living alone, and area of residence were used as covariates. Results Among 4390 non-homebound respondents, 7.4 % were homebound four years later. The proportions of homebound respondents with |
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