IADR Abstract Archives

Association oral health-related quality-life and risk of malnutrition

"Objectives: To assess if oral health-related quality of life, measured by the Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI), detect risk of malnutrition, measured by Minutritional Assessment (MNA) index”.

"Methods: We designed a cross-sectional study with a representative group of Spanish elderly people, homebound and institutionalized. 20 interviewers well calibrated explored all the subjects, following WHO recommendations for oral health studies. All the subjects completed the GOHAI, a 12-item self-reported index to assessed the dimensions of physical functions, psychosocial functions, and pain or discomfort, and the MNA index, a clinical assessment tool for grading nutritional status and for evaluating the risk of undernutrition among elderly patients without the help of a dietician or nutritionist”.

"Results: Finally, 2860 elderly were explored, 41.7% men and 58.3% women, with a mean age of 73.69 (SD=6.85). We found a statistical association between total GOHAI score and risk of malnutrition, as well as between some of the GOHAI ítems who analyze chewing function and MNA score”.

"Conclusion: Tools used to detect oral health-related quality of life, like GOHAI, are also useful detecting risk of malnutrition in elderly people”.


Continental European and Scandinavian Divisions Meeting
2005 Continental European and Scandinavian Divisions Meeting (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
2005
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Scientific Program
  • Gil-montoya, Jose Antonio  ( Universidad de Granada, Granada, N/A, Spain )
  • Subira, Carles  ( Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, N/A, Spain )
  • Ramon, Jose María  ( Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, N/A, Spain )
  • Grupo Español De Investigacion En Gerodontologia, G.  ( Universidades Españolas, N/A, N/A, Spain )
    • Poster Session
    Geriatric Oral Research
    09/15/2005