Oral health conditions and frailty in Mexican community-dwelling elderly: a cross sectional analysis

作者：Roberto Carlos Castrejón‐Pérez, Socorro Aída Borges-Yáñez, Luis Miguel Gutiérrez‐Robledo, José Alberto Ávila‐Funes · 发表于：BMC Public Health · 年份：2012 · DOI：10.1186/1471-2458-12-773 · 被引用次数：158 · 研究领域：Frailty in Older Adults、Dental Health and Care Utilization、Aging, Health, and Disability

BACKGROUND: Oral health is an important component of general well-being for the elderly. Oral health-related problems include loss of teeth, nonfunctional removable dental prostheses, lesions of the oral mucosa, periodontitis, and root caries. They affect food selection, speaking ability, mastication, social relations, and quality of life. Frailty is a geriatric syndrome that confers vulnerability to negative health-related outcomes. The association between oral health and frailty has not been explored thoroughly. This study sought to identify associations between the presence of some oral health conditions, and frailty status among Mexican community-dwelling elderly. METHODS: Analysis of baseline data of the Mexican Study of Nutritional and Psychosocial Markers of Frailty, a cohort study carried out in a representative sample of people aged 70 and older residing in one district of Mexico City. Frailty was defined as the presence of three or more of the following five components: weight loss, exhaustion, slowness, weakness, and low physical activity. Oral health variables included self-perception of oral health compared with others of the same age; utilization of dental services during the last year, number of teeth, dental condition (edentate, partially edentate, or completely dentate), utilization and functionality of removable partial or complete dentures, severe periodontitis, self-reported chewing problems and xerostomia. Covariates included were gender, age, years of ed...