Association between Eating Assessment Tool-10 (EAT-10) and the Health, Dental, and Nutritional Status of Elderly Individuals Living at Home

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  • AKIYAMA Rika
    Division of Community Oral Health Development, Kyushu Dental University
  • HAMASAKI Tomoko
    Department of Nutrition Faculty of Home Economics, Kyushu Women’s University
  • SAKAI Rie
    Division of Community Oral Health Development, Kyushu Dental University Department of Health and Nutritional Science, University of East Asia
  • IWASAKI Masanori
    Division of Community Oral Health Development, Kyushu Dental University
  • KAKUTA Satoko
    Division of Community Oral Health Development, Kyushu Dental University
  • SOH Inho
    Division of Community Oral Health Development, Kyushu Dental University
  • YOSHIHARA Akihiro
    Division of Oral Science for Health Promotion, Department of Oral Health and Welfare, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences
  • MIYAZAKI Hideo
    Division of Preventive Dentistry, Department of Oral Health Science, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences
  • ANSAI Toshihiro
    Division of Community Oral Health Development, Kyushu Dental University

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  • 在宅高齢者における簡易嚥下状態評価（EAT-10）と栄養状態との関連
  • ザイタク コウレイシャ ニ オケル カンイエンカ ジョウタイ ヒョウカ(EAT-10)ト エイヨウ ジョウタイ ト ノ カンレン

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<p> This study investigated the relationship between dysphagia and the nutritional status of elderly individuals living at home when screened with Eating Assessment Tool-10 (EAT-10). A total of 129 participants (62 males, 67 females, aged 85 years) were surveyed. Participants were sent a questionnaire by mail and asked to complete and return it to the authors. Assessments included in the questionnaire were EAT-10, the self-reported number of teeth, Short-form Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA-SF), a subjective health evaluation, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology Index of Competence (TMIG-Index of Competence), Oral Health Impact Profile-49 (OHIP), and number of foods that can be masticated. To evaluate variation in the study’s variables, the analysis was based on established scores of EAT-10: those suspected of having dysphagia score above three; those with no suspicion of dysphagia score below two.</p><p> When screened with EAT-10, 52.7% of the participants were classified as being suspected of having dysphagia. There were significant correlations between dysphagia and a low OHIP score (p<0.001), the number of foods that can be masticated (p<0.001), subjective health evaluation (p<0.001), and MNA-SF (p=0.007).</p><p> Furthermore, logistic regression analysis revealed that the nutritional status was associated with dysphagia (p=0.043)．These findings suggest the association of dysphagia with malnutrition in elderly people living at home.</p>

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