Association between Oral Health and Frailty among Older Adults in Madinah, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to examine the association between normative and subjective oral health indicators and frailty assessed by Frailty Phenotype (FP) and frailty index (FI) among older Saudi adults.

Design

cross-sectional study.

Setting

community and hospital-based.

Participants

participants were 356 community-dwelling older adults attending dental clinics and social centres at Madinah, Saudi Arabia.

Methods

Frailty was measured with the frailty phenotype and a 34-item FI. Oral health included the following measures: self-rated oral health, number of teeth, and functional dentition. Covariates included sociodemographic factors and nutritional status. Logistic regression and negative binomial regression models were constructed to test the associat

SUBMITTER: Hakeem FF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12280555 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature