Examination of the Relationship between Senior Citizensʼ Club Membership and Oral Frailty among Community-dwelling Older People
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- Tanaka Masanari
- Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba Department of Management Nutrition, Faculty of Home Economics, Aichi Gakusen University
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- Kondo Misato
- Department of Food and Nutrition, Sanyo Womenʼs College
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- Okatani Mai
- Department of Nutrition, Takemoto Hospital
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- Mizukami Katsuyoshi
- Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba
Bibliographic Information
- Other Title
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- 地域在住高齢者の老人クラブ所属とオーラルフレイルとの関連の検討
Description
<p> We considered the possibility that belonging to a senior citizensʼ club, which plays an important role among older people, may have an effect on the maintenance of oral function. We conducted a survey with the aim of clarifying the current status of oral function among older people who belong to a senior citizensʼ club from the perspective of awareness of oral frailty and the presence or absence of risk of oral frailty.</p><p> We investigated age, gender, oral frailty screening and evaluation form(OFI-8), awareness of oral frailty, pathways to awareness, and self-perception among community-dwelling older people in the Owari area of Aichi Prefecture, Japan.</p><p> The subjects of this study were 208(100 senior citizensʼ club members and 108 non-members), and the average age of the subjects was 75.8±5.2 years old. A comparison of oral functions between the senior citizensʼ club members and non-members showed no significant difference in the level of recognition of oral frailty, but their recognition pathways were different. Publicity events, media, and newsletters accounted for a large proportion of the members, while the media accounted for the majority of the non-members. In addition, a comparison of the risk of oral frailty revealed that the percentage of those at risk was lower among members(45.0%)than among non-members(59.3%). Furthermore, by age, the proportion of non-members at risk of oral frailty tended to be higher than that of members among those over 75 years of age. By gender, the proportion of non-members at risk of oral frailty was significantly higher than that of members among women.</p><p> The importance of belonging to a senior citizensʼ club for community-dwelling older people was revealed, as we found associations with age- and gender-specific factors that contribute to decline of oral function.</p>
Journal
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- Ronen Shika Igaku
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Ronen Shika Igaku 38 (4), 150-159, 2024-03-31
Japanese Society of Gerodontology
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390300069820813696
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- ISSN
- 18847323
- 09143866
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
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- Abstract License Flag
- Disallowed