title: Oral status and well-being of home delivered meal recipients.
abstract: The relationship between oral health status and well-being of community dwelling frail elders was studied through questionnaires delivered to and filled out by 592 elders receiving home delivered meals. Oral status covered oral function, dental problems, oral hygiene practices and appliance use in the sample. Oral status was measured in a sub sample of 50 subjects given an oral examination, using the criteria above and soft tissue status. Plaque, calculus, and caries were measured in dentate subjects of the sub sample. Well-being was measured using standardised scales. The results indicate that oral status was related to well-being status.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dental Public Health and Hygiene, School of Dentistry, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003728:Dental Calculus / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D016321:Dental Care for Aged / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D003773:Dental Plaque / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D017266:Dental Prosthesis / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D005522:Food Services; D016330:Frail Elderly; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D018577:Homebound Persons; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009066:Mouth, Edentulous / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009518:New York / Q000453:epidemiology; D009909:Oral Health; D009910:Oral Hygiene / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011788:Quality of Life; D012044:Regression Analysis; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires