ArticleThe journal of nutrition, health & aging2019
Burden of Oral Symptoms and Health-Related Quality of Life in Long-Term Care Settings in Helsinki, Finland.
Article in The journal of nutrition, health & aging, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06286982 (Oral Symptoms in Older Patients With Frailty), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Oral Symptoms in Older Patients With Frailty: a Prospective Observational Study Using the Oral Symptom Assessment Scale
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Impact of Nutritional Status on Oral Health Outcomes and Management in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Gerodontology · 2026Pooled it
- Oral Structural and Functional Impairment in Relation to Depressive Outcomes in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Prevalence of xerostomia and its impacts on oral health in type 2 diabetic patients at a Nigerian tertiary hospital: a cross-sectional study.The Saudi dental journal · 2026Article
- Orthonasal bioactive volatiles and their effects on salivation: a pilot study.Clinical oral investigations · 2026Article
- Association of oral frailty with falls in long-term care residents.European geriatric medicine · 2025Article
- Estimation of Oral Disease Burden among Older Adults in LTC: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Relationship between oral frailty, health-related quality of life, and survival among long-term care residents.European geriatric medicine · 2023Article
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- Relationship between Fried's frailty phenotype and oral frailty in long-term care residents.Age and ageing · 2021Article
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectivesPoor oral health may complicate eating and deteriorate nutritional status. However, little is known about how the burden of oral symptoms (OS) is associated with the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of vulnerable older people in institutional settings. This study explores how the burden of certain OS (chewing problems, swallowing difficulties, dry mouth) is associated with functioning, morbidity, nutritional status and eating habits. It also examines the association between the OS burden and HRQoL.
designA cross-sectional study in 2017.
settingAll long-term care wards in Helsinki, Finland.
participants2401 older residents (74% females, mean age 83.9). MEASUREMENTS: Nurses assessed the residents and completed questionnaires on the participants' demographics, functional status, diagnoses, OS and eating habits. Nutritional status was assessed using the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) and HRQoL with a 15-dimensional instrument (15D).
resultsOf the residents, 25.4% had one OS and 16.6% two or three OS. OS burden was associated linearly with poorer cognitive and physical functioning and a higher number of comorbidities, edentulousness without dentures, and less frequent teeth brushing/denture cleaning. OS burden was also associated with malnutrition, lower BMI and eating less during main meals. In the multivariate analyses adjusted for various confounding factors, a higher number of OS was associated with lower HRQoL. OS burden correlated with nearly all dimensions of HRQoL.
conclusionOral symptoms are associated with generic HRQoL. Therefore, OS should be regularly assessed and managed in daily care.
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