Latent profile analysis and influencing factor of oral frailty in elderly patients with multiple chronic conditions
10.3761/j.issn.0254-1769.2025.15.002
- VernacularTitle:老年慢性病共病患者口腔衰弱的潜在剖面分析及影响因素研究
- Author:
Min WU
1
;
Rui LIU
;
Caijie XU
;
Yunfeng ZHAO
;
Ying ZHANG
;
Aihong PAN
Author Information
1. 231002 芜湖市 皖南医学院研究生学院
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Oral Frailty;
Aged;
Multiple Chronic Conditions;
Consumer Health Activation Index;
Latent Profile Analysis;
Nursing Care
- From:
Chinese Journal of Nursing
2025;60(15):1804-1810
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To explore the latent profile analysis of oral frailty in elderly patients with multiple chronic conditions and to analyze the influencing factors of different potential profiles in order to provide a theoretical basis for constructing clinical intervention programs.Methods Convenience sampling method was used to select elderly patients with multiple chronic conditions in a tertiary hospital in Hefei City from July to December 2024 as the survey subjects.General information questionnaire,the Chinese version of the Oral Frailty Index-8,Mini-Nutritional Assessment Short-Form,Consumer Health Activation Index and Family APGAR Index Questionnaire were used to conduct the survey,and multivariate logistic regression was used to analyze the influencing factors.Results A total of 418 elderly patients with multiple chronic conditions were included,with a total oral frailty score of(7.21±2.83).Oral frailty in elderly patients with multiple chronic conditions can be classified into 3 potential profiles,namely severe oral frailty-low oral functioning group(60.53％),moderate oral frailty-high social behaviors group(8.85％),mild oral frailty-high oral health behavior group(30.62％).Age,family care,type of chronic disease,type of oral medication,and consumer health activation index were influential factors for different potential profiles(P＜0.05).Conclusion The oral frailty in elderly patients with multiple chronic conditions was heterogeneous.Caregivers should focus on the severe oral frailty-low oral functioning group and the moderate oral frailty-high social behavior group,and develop targeted interventions according to the patients'different profile characteristics and influencing factors to prevent and delay the occurrence of oral frailty.
