title: Oral condition and its relationship to nutritional status in the institutionalized elderly population.
abstract: The objective of this study was to identify the relationship between the oral condition and nutritional status of all institutionalized elderly people in Florianópolis, Brazil. Of the population of 232 institutionalized individuals, the sample consisted of 187 elderly people. In the oral evaluation, the criteria used was the number of functional units present in the oral cavity, classifying the participants as those with highly compromised dentition (48%) and those with less-compromised dentition (52%). Diagnosis of nutritional status was carried out according to body mass index, observing a prevalence of 14% thin, 45% eutrophic, 28% overweight, and 13% obese. Statistical analysis of the variables studied was carried out by means of chi(2) association tests. There was a statistically significant association between highly compromised dentition and thinness (P=0.007) and among those who presented less-compromised dentition and the nutritional status of overweight, including obesity (P=0.014). It was concluded that compromising of the teeth could contribute to a tendency toward inadequate nutritional status.
authors.affiliation: Department of Odontology, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Rua Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Lagoa da Conceição, Santa Catarina 88062-015, Brazil. michellerauen@ccs.ufsc.br
authors.forename: Michelle Soares
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Rauen
authors.forename: Emília Addison Machado
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Moreira
authors.forename: Maria Cristina Marino
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Calvo
authors.forename: Adriana Soares
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Lobo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001938:Brazil; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003817:Dentition; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007326:Institutionalization; D008297:Male; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D009752:Nutritional Status; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D009909:Oral Health; D013851:Thinness / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology