Correlation between oral health status and frailty of elderly people in Beijing community
10.3760/cma.j.cn115682-20220426-02059
- VernacularTitle:北京市社区老年人口腔健康状况与衰弱的相关性研究
- Author:
Siyang XI
1
;
Jingran ZHANG
;
Xuejiao LIU
;
Yu CAI
;
Jianmin WANG
;
Jia LIU
;
Jinsheng ZHONG
;
Yutong LI
;
Guifang GUO
Author Information
1. 北京大学口腔医院牙周科，北京 100081
- Keywords:
Aged;
Community;
Oral health;
Frailty
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2022;28(24):3272-3277
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To understand the oral health and frailty status of the elderly in the community in Beijing and analyze the correlation between the two, so as to provide a reference for the frailty management of the elderly in the community.Methods:This study was a cross-sectional study. Using the multi-stage stratified sampling method, a total of 241 community elderly people in 9 communities in Beijing from July to December 2021 were selected as the research objects. They were investigated using the general information questionnaire, Mini-Nutritional Assessment (MNA) and the Fried Frailty Phenotype. Univariate analysis and ordinal logistic regression analysis were used to explore the influencing factors of frailty among the elderly in the community. A total of 260 questionnaires were distributed in this study and 241 valid questionnaires were recovered, with an effective recovery rate of 92.6%.Results:Among the 241 community elders, 115 (47.7%) were not frail, 92 (38.2%) were pre-frail and 34 (14.1%) were frail. Ordinal Logistic regression analysis showed that the number of teeth of 0-9, 10-19, dry mouth and incomplete or unrepaired restoration of missing teeth were risk factors for frailty among the elderly in the community ( P<0.05) . Conclusions:From the perspective of oral health, this study further analyzes the risk factors of frailty in the elderly in the community. Medical institutions and elderly care institutions at all levels can use oral health status as a screening item for the frailty risk of the elderly in the community, providing new ideas for the prevention and intervention of frailty in the community.
