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Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults
Published on: February 2, 2020
[Relationship between the swallowing function and the health-related QOL among community-dwelling dependent elderly
Naoko Morisaki1, Hiroko Miura, Shingo Moriya
1Faculty of Nursing, University of KinDAI Himeji.
Aim:
We examined the relationship between the swallowing function and the health-related QOL (quality of life) among community-dwelling dependent elderly persons.
Methods:
The subjects included 191 community-dwelling dependent elderly persons. Data were collected via questionnaires, including information regarding age, gender, the level of care required, post-cerebrovascular disease, the health-related QOL and the swallowing function. We used the SF-8 to measure the health-related QOL and the DRACE (Dysphagia Risk Assessment for the Community-dwelling Elderly) to evaluate the swallowing function.
Results:
The average DRACE score was 4.29±3.81. In addition, the swallowing risk was found to be related to the SF (social functioning) and MH (mental health) subscales of the SF-8.
Conclusions:
Our results suggest that the swallowing function is significantly related to the health-related QOL among community-dwelling dependent elderly persons.
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