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Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults
Published on: February 2, 2020
[The self-evaluation of health by individuals older than able-bodied age]
1The Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education «The I. M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University» (Sechenov University) of Minzdrav of Russia, 109004, Moscow, Russia.
Abstract:
Health status is one of the most valuable parameters of assessing well-being of elderly generation. It is advisable to study attitude of individuals older than able-bodied age to their own health as instrument adding to awareness of diseases or their symptoms, data concerning psychological and social well-being, degree of satisfaction with their own capabilities. Thus, in conditions of population aging, studying health self-assessment to determine prognosis of life and health of the elderly is of special actuality.
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