Oral health and mortality risk in the institutionalised elderly
Med. oral patol. oral cir. bucal (Internet)
; 17(4): 618-623, jul. 2012. ilus, tab
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ABSTRACT
Objective:
Examining oral health and oral hygiene as predictors of subsequent one-year survival in the institutionalised elderly.Design:
It was hypothesized that oral health would be related to mortality in an institutionalised geriatric population. A 12-month prospective study of 292 elderly residing in nine geriatric institutions in Granada, Spain, was thus carried out to evaluate the association between oral health and mortality. Independent samples, T-test, chisquare test and Cox regression analysis were used to analyse the data. Sixty-three participants died during the 12-month follow-up.Results:
Mortality was increased in denture users (RR = 2.18, p= 0.007) and in people suffering severe cognitive impairment (RR = 2. 24, p= 0.003). One-year mortality was 50% in participants having both these characteristics.Conclusions:
Oral hygiene was not significantly associated with mortality. Cognitive impairment and wearing dentures increased the risk of death. One-year mortality was 50% in cognitively impaired residents wearing dentures as opposed to 10% in patients without dentures and cognitive impairment (AU)
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Collection:
06-national
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ES
Database:
IBECS
Main subject:
Oral Hygiene Index
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Oral Health
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Mortality
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Dentures
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspects:
Patient_preference
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Med. oral patol. oral cir. bucal (Internet)
Year:
2012
Document type:
Article