Oral Frailty as a Risk Factor for Malnutrition and Sarcopenia in Patients on Hemodialysis: A Prospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Oral frailty is a concept that encompasses various aspects of impaired oral function in elderly people, leading to reduced food intake and less dietary diversity, which can result in sarcopenia and physical frailty. However, there have been no studies on the relationship between oral frailty and malnutrition, sarcopenia, and physical frailty in patients on hemodialysis (HD).

Methods

This prospective observational cohort study assessed the oral status of patients on HD. The patients were divided into an oral frailty group and non-oral frailty group using the Oral Frailty Index-8. Malnutrition was assessed using the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI), the Nutritional Risk Index for Japanese Hemodialysis Patients (NRI-JH), and the Short-Form Mini-Nutritional Ass

SUBMITTER: Miyasato K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11510359 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature