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Aspects of oral health and dementia among Swiss nursing home residents

Jockusch, Julia; Riese, Florian; Theill, Nathan; Sobotta, Bernhard A J; Nitschke, Ina (2021). Aspects of oral health and dementia among Swiss nursing home residents. Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie, 54(5):500-506.

Abstract

BACKGROUND
Little empirical evidence of high levels of oral diseases of people in need of care and the impact of dementia is available. The resident assessment instrument minimum data set (RAI-MDS) is an evaluation tool for caregivers.
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to show oral health of nursing home residents through RAI-MDS 2.0 data as a function of the cognitive impairment.
METHODS
A retrospective analysis of RAI-MDS (general, cognitive, oral health variables) of 357 long-term care facilities in Switzerland (data of 105,835 residents) was carried out. The final sample size was 7922 residents after applying the inclusion/exclusion criteria in four evaluation groups (no dementia, moderate, severe and incident dementia).
RESULTS
As dementia developed and severity increased over time, subjects often had fewer or no teeth and did not wear removable dentures. Chewing problems increased over time regardless of the dementia severity. Oral complaints increased over time in subjects with severe dementia, which in turn led to low body mass index (BMI) values (<23 kg/m$^{2}$) and was associated with an higher risk of mortality.
CONCLUSION
This dataset provides an overview on dental aspects in patients with dementia in nursing homes. The accuracy of the assessment of a given dental situation by nursing staff is to be questioned. The results indicated an underdetection of oral illnesses by nurses.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:04 Faculty of Medicine > Center for Dental Medicine > Klinik für Allgemein-, Behinderten- und Seniorenzahnmedizin
08 Research Priority Programs > Dynamics of Healthy Aging
Dewey Decimal Classification:610 Medicine & health
Scopus Subject Areas:Health Sciences > Issues, Ethics and Legal Aspects
Social Sciences & Humanities > Health (social science)
Health Sciences > Gerontology
Health Sciences > Geriatrics and Gerontology
Language:English
Date:1 August 2021
Deposited On:15 Jan 2021 08:39
Last Modified:24 Dec 2024 02:40
Publisher:Springer
ISSN:0948-6704
OA Status:Closed
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00391-020-01739-w
PubMed ID:32488304

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