ArticleThe journal of nutrition, health & aging2025
Association between oral dryness and dysphagia in community-dwelling older population.
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- The Impact of Nutritional Status on Oral Health Outcomes and Management in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Gerodontology · 2026Pooled it
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of oral frailty prevalence among older hospitalized patients.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Exploring Factors Related to Dysphagia Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Scoping Review.Dysphagia · 2026Article
- Association of Coexisting Low Tongue Pressure and Sarcopenia with Pharyngeal Residue in Older Adults with Presbyphagia.Dysphagia · 2026Article
- Dysphagia in older patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy: A longitudinal analysis following subaxial posterior cervical surgery.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026Article
- Oral health and its association with dysphagia severity and nutritional vulnerability after stroke: a structural equation modeling study.Clinical oral investigations · 2026Article
- Predicting Early Dysphagia in Acute Ischemic Stroke Using an Explainable Machine Learning Model.International journal of general medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveThere remains inconsistent recognition of the relationship between oral dryness and dysphagia. This study aimed to investigate whether the degree of oral dryness was related to the prevalence of dysphagia in community-dwelling older adults.
designA cross-sectional study.
settingA survey was conducted from March 9 to June 19, 2023, in the Futian community, Yiwu, China.
participants3325 older adults aged 65 and above were enrolled. MEASUREMENTS: Oral dryness was evaluated by self-reported oral dryness and oral moisture instrument. Swallowing problems were screened using the Eating Assessment Tool-10 questionnaire (EAT-10) and 30-ml water swallowing test (WST). T-tests, Chi-square tests, and logistic regression were employed to measure the associations.
resultsThe prevalence of subjective oral dryness was 53.7%, with an average oral moisture level of 29.6 ± 2.0. Dysphagia was determined to have a prevalence of 7.7% and 9.5% according to EAT-10 and WST, respectively. Participants with dysphagia exhibited a heightened experience of dry mouth and lower oral moisture (P < .001). The adjusted logistic regression model further suggested that both subjective (adjusted OR = 1.99, 95% CI: 1.46-2.72 for EAT-10) and objective (adjusted OR = 0.92, 95% CI: 0.87-0.97 for EAT-10; adjusted OR = 0.89, 95% CI: 0.84-0.93 for WST) measures of oral dryness were risk factors for dysphagia.
conclusionsThe presence of oral dryness emerged as a significant risk factor for dysphagia, and the assessment of oral moisture proved to be more sensitive in identifying swallowing problems among older adults.
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