SynthesisBMC geriatrics2021
Oral status of older people in medium to long-stay health and social care setting: a systematic review.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Oral health-related multiple outcomes of holistic health in elderly individuals: An umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric validation of the physical oral health index in Chinese older inpatients.BMC oral health · 2026Article
- Machine learning for oral frailty factors in hospitalized schizophrenia patients: two-stage feature selection and SHAP analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Oral health of nursing home residents in Flanders, Belgium, and its associated factors.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Pilot study of the effectiveness and acceptability of an automatic toothbrush among residents in long-term care.Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry · 2024Article
- Sustainability of an Educational Program on Oral Care/Hygiene Provision by Healthcare Providers to Older Residents in Long-Term Care Institutions: A Follow-Up Study.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Nursing home residents' perspectives on oral health: An in-depth interview study.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2024Article
- Educational Programme on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice of Oral Care/Hygiene Provision by Healthcare Providers to Older Residents in Long-Term Care Institutions: A Case-Control Study.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Measuring Quality of Life: Incorporating Objectively Measurable Parameters within the Cross-Sectional Bern Cohort Study 2014 (BeCS-14).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Observational
- Prevalence, and Risk Indicators of Coronal and Root Caries in Mexican Older Adults in Nursing Homes.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dentistry · 2023Article
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- Comparison of the Amount of Used and the Ease of Oral Care between Liquid and Gel-Type Oral Moisturizers Used with an Oral Care Simulators.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Psychometric evaluation of a short-form version of the Swedish "Attitudes to and Knowledge of Oral Health" questionnaire.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Effects of Low-Speed and High-Speed Resistance Training Programs on Frailty Status, Physical Performance, Cognitive Function, and Blood Pressure in Prefrail and Frail Older Adults.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundOlder patients who spend long periods hospitalized or those who are in a situation of institutionalization represent a risk group in this regard, as many of them suffer a degree of dependence and need help to perform the basic tasks of personal care. It is therefore important to learn more of the oral health status of this group of patients in order to make a proper assessment of the situation and to develop protocols for its management. The purpose of the study was to conduct a systematic review to ascertain the oral health status of older people patients admitted to institutions or hospitalized for a long period of time.
methodsa systematic review of the literature published in two different databases (PubMed, Embase and Cochrane Library) was carried out, with 12 different combinations of keywords based on the following selection criteria: studies published in the last 5 years, in English and/or Spanish and/or Portuguese, with samples of ≥30 patients, performed in patients older than 65 years, admitted to any type of institution and/or hospital center for at least 7 days and in which the state of hard and/or soft tissues of the oral cavity were evaluated in some way. The selected articles were subjected to a thorough analysis.
resultsThe search strategy covered 1.014 articles: 689 from Pubmed and 325 from Cochrane Library. After applying the eligibility criteria, five articles were selected for our review. The level of evidence of the articles was, a sample of 773 patients most of them were women with an average age older than 70 years old.
conclusionsThe oral health of patients aged more than 65 is worse than that of the rest population. Long hospital stays or being institutionalized in a residence makes this group susceptible to a worsening of their oral health status. It is necessary to develop protocols for the oral health care of these patients, accompanied by training programs for the personnel responsible.
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