Differences in the association of oral health knowledge, attitudes, and practices with frailty among community-dwelling older people in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Oral health and frailty are significantly related and should be well examined, especially in late life. Few studies have explored the relationship of oral health knowledge, attitudes, and practices with frailty and examined sociodemographic variations in this association. This study aimed to examine the association between oral health knowledge, attitudes, practices and frailty, with a special focus on comparing differences in their association among the Chinese community-dwelling older population.

Methods

This study included 4218 community-dwelling older adults (aged ≥ 60 years) who participated in a cross-sectional survey. Sociodemographic characteristics, oral health knowledge, attitudes, practices, and frail status (non-frailty, pre-frailty, and frailty) were

SUBMITTER: Cao C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10594714 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature