ArticleThe journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences2026
Determinants of oral functions and oral frailty in older community-dwelling individuals: a comprehensive analysis.
Article in The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
- Oral health and its association with dysphagia severity and nutritional vulnerability after stroke: a structural equation modeling study.Clinical oral investigations · 2026Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
8 authors.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundAging alters oral structures, affecting chewing and swallowing function. Oral function is increasingly recognized as an important component of systemic health outcomes in older individuals. Understanding age-related changes in oral function is crucial for oral health care. This study comprehensively evaluated the various oral function determinants and their age-related changes, identified key factors, and estimated the prevalence of poor oral functions.
methodsA cross-sectional study of older individuals (n = 206) participated. Oral functions were objectively assessed through dental status, saliva secretion, orofacial muscle strength, masticatory performance, and swallowing function. Correlation analysis, cluster analysis, and multiple regression were employed to explore the complexities of oral function determinants and their interrelationships and to estimate the prevalence of poor oral functions.
resultsCorrelation analysis showed significantly (p < .001) strong (rs = -0.79) to low (rs = -0.11) correlations between determinants of oral function. The cluster analysis successfully identified three major groups of oral function. Further, the multiple linear regression and backward elimination showed that chewing strokes, natural teeth, and tongue pressure (p < .001) were significant predictors of age. Additionally, the prevalence of older individuals with poor dental status, reduced tongue pressure strength, and low saliva secretion rate was estimated at 9.7%, 14.6%, and 8.3%, respectively.
conclusionsOral function determinants show age-related changes and have the potential to estimate the prevalence of poor oral functions in older individuals. These findings may be critical in identifying the phenotypic profile of people with poor oral function.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.