Observational studyBMC geriatrics2020
Poor oral health and mortality in geriatric patients admitted to an acute hospital: an observational study.
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Oral Health Promotion and Fundamental of Care: an Evidence-based Practice Educational Program
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43 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 69 citations in OpenAlex.
- Self-Reported Items That Predict the Risk of Oral Health Deterioration and the Need for Dental Referral in Older People: A Systematic Review.Gerodontology · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy of an oral hygiene intervention on a geriatric ward: from sample size calculation to dropout-driven disillusionment - a randomised controlled study.BMC oral health · 2025Trial
- Oral Health in Hospitalized Adults: Clinical Outcomes and the Role of Dental Expertise.Cureus · 2026Review
- Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric validation of the physical oral health index in Chinese older inpatients.BMC oral health · 2026Article
- Dental healthcare utilization and mortality: a population-based prospective cohort study in southern Sweden.Acta odontologica Scandinavica · 2026Article
- Relationship Between Oral Health and Dysphagia in the Chinese Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.Dysphagia · 2026Article
- Behavioural Change Interventions for Preventing Periodontal Disease in Older Adults: A Literature Review.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Using revised oral assessment guide to assess association between oral health and mortality in older inpatients: a single-center observational cohort study.BMC oral health · 2025Observational
- Association between oral dryness and dysphagia in community-dwelling older population.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2025Article
- Examining the Impact of Natural Teeth Trajectory on Mortality Among CLHLS.International dental journal · 2025Article
- A prospective cohort study on factors related to dental care and continuation of care for older adults receiving home medical care.Odontology · 2025Article
- [Improvement of oral health of older people in hospitals: a scoping review].Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2025Article
- Current State and Challenges of Dental Intervention in Aspiration Pneumonia Management from the Perspective of Hospitalists: A Cross-Sectional Survey in Japan.International journal of general medicine · 2025Article
- Sex-Specific Associations Between Oral Function Impairment and Clinical Outcomes in Hospitalized Older Adults: A Retrospective Observational Study.Clinical interventions in aging · 2025Observational
- Research trends in oral health and frailty studies: a bibliometric and visual analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Decline in oral function contributes to decreased activities of daily living at discharge in elderly patients with heart failure.PloS one · 2025Article
- A Pilot Study to Assess the Feasibility of Real-Time Teledentistry in Residential Aged Care Facilities.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Association of oral health with geriatric syndromes and clinical outcomes in hospitalized older adults.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2024Observational
- Usefulness of oral health assessment performed by multiple professionals using a short video recording acquired with a tablet device.Journal of dental sciences · 2024Article
- Effect of poor oral health status at hospital admission on in-hospital outcomes of older patients with aspiration pneumonia.European geriatric medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundPoor oral health at hospital admission is a potential higher mortality risk predictor. We aimed to determine in-hospital mortality by assessing poor oral health using a validated tool.
methodsA retrospective observational study was conducted in an acute care hospital, and 624 consecutive geriatric patients were included. Patients were divided into three groups according to oral health, stratified by the Oral Health Assessment Tool (OHAT) scores. Nutritional status, daily living activities, cognitive impairment, and comorbidities were collected as covariates. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to identify the relationship between oral health and survival.
resultsThe mean age was 83.8 ± 7.9 years, and 41% were males. Groups with an OHAT score equivalent to 0, 1-2, and ≥ 3 comprised 213, 206, and 205 patients, and 11 (5.2%), 13 (6.3%), and 37 (18.0%) of those patients died in the hospital, respectively. Patients in the OHAT score ≥ 3 group had higher mortality than those in the other groups (log-rank test: p = 0.012 for the OHAT = 0 group; p = 0.010 for the OHAT = 1-2 group after Bonferroni corrections). Patients in the OHAT score ≥ 3 group continued to have poor survival even after adjusting for confounders in the Cox's regression analysis (hazard ratio: 2.514, 95% confidence interval: 1.220-5.183, p = 0.012).
conclusionIn geriatric patients, poor oral health at hospital admission was an independent in-hospital mortality predictor. Future studies on oral care intervention stratified by oral health conditions are warranted.
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