Association between oral health and general health indicators in older adults.

ABSTRACT: Oral health (OH) and general health (GH) indicators are representations of the health status of the body. The OH indicators provide information about the oral health status while the GH indicators are used to assess the functional, cognitive, and mental conditions. OH is reported to be associated with GH. However, some specific associations, especially longitudinal relationships between OH and GH indicators, have not been fully explored. We examined the prediction ability from OH to GH and vice versa using a Belgian registry. We collected information from 8359 elderly participants, who were older than 65, lived at home, and received home care. The demographic and clinical information including three binary OH indicators and four ordinal GH indicators were collected. The participants were r

SUBMITTER: Tran TD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5996062 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature