Association between oral health and physical performance in Brazilian older adults: SABE cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Oral health is recognized as integral to general health and impaired dentition status may affect physical performance among older adults. This study evaluated the longitudinal association between clinical and self-reported oral health measures and physical performance (outcome) in Brazilian older adults.

Methods

This was a longitudinal study that used data from the second (year 2006), third (year 2010) and fourth (year 2015) waves of the Health Well-being and Aging Study conducted in Brazil. Physical performance, evaluated using the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), was the dependent variable. Independent variables of interest were the number of teeth, presence of periodontal pocket, use of dental prostheses, and poor perceived oral health. The associatio

SUBMITTER: Bof de Andrade F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11619628 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature