ArticleOral health & preventive dentistry2020
Oral Health and Hygiene and Association of Functional Ability: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Old Home Care Clients.
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- The Impact of Domiciliary Dental Care and Oral Health Promotion in Nursing Homes of Older Adults: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Pooled it
- A Systematic Review on Caries Status of Older Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Prevalence of oral health problems in a Norwegian older adult population: The HUNT Study.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Oral health care in older people in long-term care facilities: An updated systematic review and meta-analyses of implementation strategies.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2025Article
- The association between cognitive impairment and oral health or oral hygiene behaviors among multiethnic older adults in Western China: a cross-sectional multicenter study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Oral Diadochokinesis and Potential Associated Factors in Japanese Older Adult Outpatients.Oral health & preventive dentistry · 2024Article
- A Qualitative Evaluation of the Implementation of an Oral Care Program in Home Care Nursing.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Evaluation of an Oral Care Program to Improve the Oral Health of Home-Dwelling Older People.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Oral Health of Elderly People in Institutionalized Care and Three-Month Rehabilitation Programme in Southern Poland: A Case-Control Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeTo describe oral health and hygiene in old home care clients and investigate how functional ability was associated with them. MATERIALS AND
methodsThis study employed part of the baseline data of a multidisciplinary intervention study of 269 home care clients aged ≥75 years, living in Eastern and Central Finland. Structured interviews were used to measure ability to function in activities of daily living (ADL), instrumental activities of daily living (IADL), comorbidity (functional comorbidity index, FCI), depression (geriatric depression scale, GDS-15), cognitive function (mini-mental state examination, MMSE), nutritional status (mini nutritional assessment, MNA) and numbers of prescription drugs used. Clinical oral examination was included.
resultsThe majority of participants were at least moderately dependent on support for ADL. Of the examined, 46% were edentulous and average number of teeth was 8.4. Dental plaque in ≥ 20% of teeth present was detected in 74%, bleeding on probing in ≥ 25% of teeth examined in 75%, and caries in 30% of the dentate participants. In multivariate analyses, better functional ability (ADL) was statistically significantly associated with lower occurrence of dental plaque in ≥ 20% of teeth present. Better functional ability (ADL) and higher number of teeth were associated with lower occurrence of bleeding on probing in ≥ 25% of teeth examined and higher number of teeth with plaque with higher occurrence of bleeding on probing.
conclusionImpaired functional ability is an important determinant of poor oral health and hygiene among old home care clients.
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