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The Association between Oral Health Management and the Functional Independence Measure Scores at the Time of Admission of Inpatients to a Convalescent Hospital

Many older patients admitted to convalescent hospitals present with impaired oral function, which is an important function of daily life. This study aimed to investigate the actual status of the oral healthcare needs of inpatients in a convalescent hospital and to clarify the relationship between th...

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Autores principales: Hara, Ryuzo, Todayama, Naoki, Tabata, Tomohiro, Kuwazawa, Miki, Mukai, Tomoko, Hatanaka, Yukiko, Hironaka, Shouji, Kawate, Nobuyuki, Furuya, Junichi
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10606245/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37887977
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics8050104
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author Hara, Ryuzo
Todayama, Naoki
Tabata, Tomohiro
Kuwazawa, Miki
Mukai, Tomoko
Hatanaka, Yukiko
Hironaka, Shouji
Kawate, Nobuyuki
Furuya, Junichi
author_facet Hara, Ryuzo
Todayama, Naoki
Tabata, Tomohiro
Kuwazawa, Miki
Mukai, Tomoko
Hatanaka, Yukiko
Hironaka, Shouji
Kawate, Nobuyuki
Furuya, Junichi
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description Many older patients admitted to convalescent hospitals present with impaired oral function, which is an important function of daily life. This study aimed to investigate the actual status of the oral healthcare needs of inpatients in a convalescent hospital and to clarify the relationship between the level of independence at admission and the oral function. The participants were 147 patients (94 males, 53 females, mean age: 74.6 ± 13.1 years) who received dental visits during their stay at a convalescent hospital. Information regarding general and oral health was extracted from medical records. Most patients were found to have low Functional Independence Measure motor scores, and approximately 70% had some form of oral intake, but approximately 80% had nutritional problems. The mean number of present and functional teeth were 16.6 and 20.8, respectively, and 65% of patients lost molar occlusal support. Multiple regression analysis showed significant positive correlations of high functional independence measure with age, eating status, nutritional status, and the number of functional teeth. This implied that oral health management is important for patients in a convalescent hospital and that enhancing oral health may be related to improved eating textures and better nutritional status.
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spelling pubmed-106062452023-10-28 The Association between Oral Health Management and the Functional Independence Measure Scores at the Time of Admission of Inpatients to a Convalescent Hospital Hara, Ryuzo Todayama, Naoki Tabata, Tomohiro Kuwazawa, Miki Mukai, Tomoko Hatanaka, Yukiko Hironaka, Shouji Kawate, Nobuyuki Furuya, Junichi Geriatrics (Basel) Article Many older patients admitted to convalescent hospitals present with impaired oral function, which is an important function of daily life. This study aimed to investigate the actual status of the oral healthcare needs of inpatients in a convalescent hospital and to clarify the relationship between the level of independence at admission and the oral function. The participants were 147 patients (94 males, 53 females, mean age: 74.6 ± 13.1 years) who received dental visits during their stay at a convalescent hospital. Information regarding general and oral health was extracted from medical records. Most patients were found to have low Functional Independence Measure motor scores, and approximately 70% had some form of oral intake, but approximately 80% had nutritional problems. The mean number of present and functional teeth were 16.6 and 20.8, respectively, and 65% of patients lost molar occlusal support. Multiple regression analysis showed significant positive correlations of high functional independence measure with age, eating status, nutritional status, and the number of functional teeth. This implied that oral health management is important for patients in a convalescent hospital and that enhancing oral health may be related to improved eating textures and better nutritional status. MDPI 2023-10-18 /pmc/articles/PMC10606245/ /pubmed/37887977 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics8050104 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Hara, Ryuzo
Todayama, Naoki
Tabata, Tomohiro
Kuwazawa, Miki
Mukai, Tomoko
Hatanaka, Yukiko
Hironaka, Shouji
Kawate, Nobuyuki
Furuya, Junichi
The Association between Oral Health Management and the Functional Independence Measure Scores at the Time of Admission of Inpatients to a Convalescent Hospital
title The Association between Oral Health Management and the Functional Independence Measure Scores at the Time of Admission of Inpatients to a Convalescent Hospital
title_full The Association between Oral Health Management and the Functional Independence Measure Scores at the Time of Admission of Inpatients to a Convalescent Hospital
title_fullStr The Association between Oral Health Management and the Functional Independence Measure Scores at the Time of Admission of Inpatients to a Convalescent Hospital
title_full_unstemmed The Association between Oral Health Management and the Functional Independence Measure Scores at the Time of Admission of Inpatients to a Convalescent Hospital
title_short The Association between Oral Health Management and the Functional Independence Measure Scores at the Time of Admission of Inpatients to a Convalescent Hospital
title_sort association between oral health management and the functional independence measure scores at the time of admission of inpatients to a convalescent hospital
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10606245/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37887977
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics8050104
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