Oral functions, mortality and physical and nutritional status among older adults living in long-term care facilities

Author(s)

Mariana Marinho Davino de Medeiros

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: Piracicaba, SP.
• Institution: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba (FOP)
• Defense date: 2024-08-29

Examining board members

Renata Cunha Matheus Rodrigues Garcia; Raquel Conceição Ferreira; Yuri Wanderley Cavalcanti; Mayara Abreu Pinheiro; William Custódio

• Advisor: Renata Cunha Matheus Rodrigues Garcia

Abstract

Aging causes changes in oral functions. When deteriorated, oral functions can impair older adults' physical and nutritional status and, ultimately, lead to mortality. However, the relationship between oral function, physical and nutritional status, and mortality has been paucity investigated in older adults living in long-term care facilities (LTCFs). Thus, this thesis aimed to evaluate the association between masticatory function and mortality, and between oral functions and sarcopenia, frailty, dependence in activities of daily (ADL) and nutritional status in older adults living in LTCFs. Two multicenter studies were carried out, one longitudinal and the other cross-sectional. In the longitudinal study, baseline characteristics of 295 participants were collected, including age, sex, polypharmacy, mobility, ADL, frailty, nutritional status, and objective (masticatory performance – chewing gum) and self-reported masticatory function... Abstract is available with the full the electronic document (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 21/02463-4 - Aging process in nursing homes: multicentric assessment of physical and nutritional status, self-perceived health, quality of life and oral condition
• Grantee: Mariana Marinho Davino de Medeiros
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate