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A pilot assessment tool of the need for oral health care and cost prediction in institutionalized elderly people Universiteit Gent Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Assessment of oral health conditions presented in photographs - is there a difference between dentists and non-dental professional caregivers? KU Leuven
Background Photographs can help non-dental professional caregivers to identify problems when inspecting the mouth of care-dependent older individuals. This study evaluated whether the assessment of oral health-related conditions presented in photographs differed between dentists and non-dental professional caregivers. Materials and methods One-hundred-and-seventy-nine photographs were taken from long-term care facility residents and from ...
Missing Oral Health-Related Data in the interRAI-HC - Associations with Selected Variables of General Health and the Effect of Multiple Imputation on the Relationship between Oral and General Health. Universiteit Hasselt KU Leuven
Background Missing data within the comprehensive geriatric assessment of the interRAI suite of assessment instruments potentially imply the under-detection of conditions that require care as well as the risk of biased statistical results. Impaired oral health in older individuals has to be registered accurately as it causes pain and discomfort and is related to the general health status. Objective This study was based on interRAI-Home Care (HC) ...
Implementing an oral health policy in long-term care facilities for older adults in Flanders, Belgium: The Oral Health Care Track KU Leuven
BACKGROUND: The oral health of care-dependent older people living in residential care facilities is generally suboptimal. To facilitate adequate daily oral care and timely referral to a dental professional, studies emphasise the need for sustainable, structured oral healthcare policies in aged care organisations. The effect of such interventions is often limited or uncertain owing to a lack of understanding of how effective the integration and ...
Oral Health and Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older Adults in the Northern Netherlands Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The aim of this study was to explore the association between oral health and frailty in community-dwelling Dutch adults aged 55 years and older. Included were 170 participants (n = 95 female [56%]; median age 64 years [IQR: 59−69 years]). Frailty was assessed by the Groningen Frailty Indicator. Oral health was assessed by the Oral Health Impact Profile-14-NL (OHIP-NL14). OHIP-NL14 item scores were analyzed for differences between frail and ...
Reducing oral health inequalities for frail older people by improving access to oral care and integrated oral care Universiteit Gent
Background: Oral health among frail home-dwelling older persons in Flanders (Belgium) is often insufficient, partly due to limited access to oral care and insufficient interprofessional collaboration in primary care. Objective: Frail home-dwelling people aged 65 and above have limited access to oral health care due to e.g. problems with transport and mobility, financial constraints, and the lack of knowledge about the importance and added value ...
Validation of the Oral Survey-B System for Electronic Data Capture in National Oral Health Surveys Vrije Universiteit Brussel KU Leuven
AbstractThe aims of the present study were to incorporate and to validate the electronic capture of participant-related outcomes into the Oral Survey-B System, which was originally developed for the electronic capture of clinical data. The validation process compared the performances of electronic and handwritten data captures. The hypothesis of noninferiority would be established if participants performed electronic data capture of the ...
Cross-Country Validation of the Association Between Oral Health and General Health in Community-Dwelling Older Adults KU Leuven
OBJECTIVE: Oral health is known to be associated with general health, but longitudinal relationships between oral health and general health indicators have not yet been fully explored in international research. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: The sample consisted of 3 longitudinal databases: a sample from Belgium from the Protocol 3 project (n = 8359), a combined sample from 6 European countries (n = 2501) from the IBenC study (Belgium, Finland, ...
Association between oral health and general health indicators in older adults KU Leuven
Oral health (OH) and general health (GH) indicators are representations of the health status of the body. The OH indicators provide information about the oral health status while the GH indicators are used to assess the functional, cognitive, and mental conditions. OH is reported to be associated with GH. However, some specific associations, especially longitudinal relationships between OH and GH indicators, have not been fully explored. We ...