Effect of an Oral Frailty Measures Program on Community-Dwelling Elderly People: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

• Published in: Gerontology (Basel) Vol. 68; no. 4; pp. 377 - 386
• Main Authors: Shirobe, Maki, Watanabe, Yutaka, Tanaka, Tomoki, Hirano, Hirohiko, Kikutani, Takeshi, Nakajo, Kazuko, Sato, Tetsuro, Furuya, Junichi, Minakuchi, Shunsuke, Iijima, Katsuya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland 01.05.2022
• Subjects: Aged; Clinical Section: Research Article; Female; Frail Elderly; Frailty - prevention & control; Humans; Independent Living; Male; Nutritional Status; Pressure; Tongue; Elderly people; Oral function; Oral frailty; Public health; Oral health

Abstract Introduction: Oral frailty describes a trivial decline in the oral function and is considered to be related to frailty. Thus, effective management of oral frailty could prevent or ameliorate physical frailty and the need for care. However, there is a lack of consensus regarding specific int...