Oral health and mortality risk in the institutionalised elderly
Med. oral patol. oral cir. bucal (Internet)
; 17(4): 618-623, jul. 2012. ilus, tab
Artigo
em Inglês
| IBECS
| ID: ibc-103096
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Localização: BNCS
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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Coleções:
Bases de dados nacionais
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Espanha
Base de dados:
IBECS
Assunto principal:
Índice de Higiene Oral
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Saúde Bucal
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Mortalidade
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Dentaduras
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de etiologia
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Estudo observacional
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Estudo prognóstico
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Fatores de risco
Aspecto:
Preferência do paciente
Limite:
Idoso
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Med. oral patol. oral cir. bucal (Internet)
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia/Colombia
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University of Granada/Spain
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University of Oslo/Norway