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SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019

Oral Health and Its Associated Factors Among Older Institutionalized Residents-A Systematic Review.

Florence M F Wong, Yannies T Y Ng, W Keung Leung

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Synthesis in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 112 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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112citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
14.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

112 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 216 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Florence M F WongSchool of Nursing, Tung Wah College, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Yannies T Y NgNorth District Hospital, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong SAR, China.
W Keung LeungFaculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1979-910X
Hospital Authority · HKTung Wah College · CNUniversity of Hong Kong · HK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The oral health of an ageing population, especially that of the institutionalized elderly population, constitutes a significant concern because it is closely linked to general health and the quality of life. Shared common risk factors drive the development and worsening of poor oral health and non-communicable diseases, which eventually lead to self-care inability. Several studies have reported on the poor oral health of the institutionalized elderly population. However, few comprehensive reports exist regarding the relationship between poor oral health, the oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) and the associated factors in this specific population.

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AgedHomes for the AgedHumansNursing HomesOral HealthQuality of Lifeagedgeriatric dentistryhealth services for the agednursing homesoral healthsystematic review

Identifiers

PMID31717812
PMCPMC6861909
OpenAlexW2981709552

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