Association between frailty and oral health services use in Brazilian older adults

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OBJECTIVES: To assess the association between frailty and oral health services use in Brazilian older adults.

METHODS: This cross-sectional study analysed the baseline data from the Longitudinal Study on Brazilian Ageing (ELSI-Brazil) representative of Brazilians aged 50 or over. The outcome was oral health services used in the year prior to the interview. The main exposure variable was Frailty defined by the frailty phenotype. Age, skin colour, wealth, sex, education, type of service, health insurance, number of teeth and self-perceived oral health were included as covariates. Prevalence ratios (PR) with their respective 95% confidence intervals (CI) were estimated using Poisson regression with robust variance.

RESULTS: 8405 individuals were included in this study. The prevalence of frailty was 7.5%. Regarding frailty status, the prevalence of dental service use was 47.0%, 48.5% and 4.5% for robust, pre-frail and frail individuals, respectively. Frail individuals had a 7% higher prevalence of not using dental (PR: 1.07; 95% CI: 1.01-1.13) than robust individuals. Frailty was independently associated with not using oral health services.

CONCLUSION: Given the complexity of the determinants of dental service use, frailty adds another dimension to be examined in older adults. Public health strategies considering a common risk factor approach should be endorsed.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:41

Enthalten in:

Gerodontology - 41(2024), 1 vom: 01. März, Seite 46-53

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

de Vasconcellos, Natália Boessio Tex [VerfasserIn]
Fagundes, Maria Laura Braccini [VerfasserIn]
Menegazzo, Gabriele Rissotto [VerfasserIn]
do Amaral Júnior, Orlando Luiz [VerfasserIn]
Hilgert, Juliana Balbinot [VerfasserIn]
do Amaral Giordani, Jessye Melgarejo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Ageing
Frailty
Journal Article
Oral health
Oral health services

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 14.02.2024

Date Revised 05.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/ger.12716

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362463972