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Masticatory Performance Test Using a Gummy Jelly for Older People with Low Masticatory Ability

Evaluation of masticatory ability has become more important in an aging society because decreased masticatory ability has the potential to affect the general health of older people. A new masticatory performance test, intended for older people with low masticatory ability, has been developed using g...

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Autores principales: Murakami, Kazuhiro, Yoshimoto, Tasuku, Hori, Kazuhiro, Sato, Rikako, Sta. Maria, Ma. Therese, Marito, Pinta, Takano, Hinako, Khaing, Aye Mya Mya, Nokubi, Takashi, Ono, Takahiro
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9861735/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36675521
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12020593
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author Murakami, Kazuhiro
Yoshimoto, Tasuku
Hori, Kazuhiro
Sato, Rikako
Sta. Maria, Ma. Therese
Marito, Pinta
Takano, Hinako
Khaing, Aye Mya Mya
Nokubi, Takashi
Ono, Takahiro
author_facet Murakami, Kazuhiro
Yoshimoto, Tasuku
Hori, Kazuhiro
Sato, Rikako
Sta. Maria, Ma. Therese
Marito, Pinta
Takano, Hinako
Khaing, Aye Mya Mya
Nokubi, Takashi
Ono, Takahiro
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description Evaluation of masticatory ability has become more important in an aging society because decreased masticatory ability has the potential to affect the general health of older people. A new masticatory performance test, intended for older people with low masticatory ability, has been developed using gummy jelly half the size of that used in the conventional masticatory performance test. This study aimed to investigate the compatibility between the new and conventional tests and the adaptation of the new test. The new test using the 8-grade visual score with half-size gummy jelly was performed among 137 removable denture wearers (mean age 75.8 ± 9.0 years) with low masticatory performance (a score of ≤4 on a conventional test). The correlation between the scores of half-size gummy jelly (VS-H) in the new test and those of full-size gummy jelly (VS) in the conventional test was evaluated. VS-H among the groups divided by VS were also compared. A strong positive correlation was detected between VS-H and VS (r(s) = 0.70). In groups with VS of 0 and 1, VS-H values were widely distributed from 0 to 7. There were significant differences in VS-H between the groups with VS of 0–2 but no significant differences in VS-H between the groups with VS of 2–4. Therefore, the masticatory performance test using half-size gummy jelly is suitable for a detailed evaluation of masticatory ability in older people with low masticatory ability when their visual score of full-size gummy jelly in the conventional test is 2 or less.
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spelling pubmed-98617352023-01-22 Masticatory Performance Test Using a Gummy Jelly for Older People with Low Masticatory Ability Murakami, Kazuhiro Yoshimoto, Tasuku Hori, Kazuhiro Sato, Rikako Sta. Maria, Ma. Therese Marito, Pinta Takano, Hinako Khaing, Aye Mya Mya Nokubi, Takashi Ono, Takahiro J Clin Med Article Evaluation of masticatory ability has become more important in an aging society because decreased masticatory ability has the potential to affect the general health of older people. A new masticatory performance test, intended for older people with low masticatory ability, has been developed using gummy jelly half the size of that used in the conventional masticatory performance test. This study aimed to investigate the compatibility between the new and conventional tests and the adaptation of the new test. The new test using the 8-grade visual score with half-size gummy jelly was performed among 137 removable denture wearers (mean age 75.8 ± 9.0 years) with low masticatory performance (a score of ≤4 on a conventional test). The correlation between the scores of half-size gummy jelly (VS-H) in the new test and those of full-size gummy jelly (VS) in the conventional test was evaluated. VS-H among the groups divided by VS were also compared. A strong positive correlation was detected between VS-H and VS (r(s) = 0.70). In groups with VS of 0 and 1, VS-H values were widely distributed from 0 to 7. There were significant differences in VS-H between the groups with VS of 0–2 but no significant differences in VS-H between the groups with VS of 2–4. Therefore, the masticatory performance test using half-size gummy jelly is suitable for a detailed evaluation of masticatory ability in older people with low masticatory ability when their visual score of full-size gummy jelly in the conventional test is 2 or less. MDPI 2023-01-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9861735/ /pubmed/36675521 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12020593 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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Sato, Rikako
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Marito, Pinta
Takano, Hinako
Khaing, Aye Mya Mya
Nokubi, Takashi
Ono, Takahiro
Masticatory Performance Test Using a Gummy Jelly for Older People with Low Masticatory Ability
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9861735/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36675521
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12020593
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