title: Oral health-related quality of life and nutritional status of institutionalized elderly population aged 60 years and above in Mysore City, India.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess whether oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) is associated with nutritional status in the institutionalised elderly population of Mysore.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Malnutrition in the elderly has an evident impact on their general health and quality of life. Analysis of data of the Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI) and their association with the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) results improves our understanding of the complex relationship between oral health and malnutrition.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was conducted among the institutionalised elderly population in Mysore city, Karnataka. Data on socio-demographic, oral health status were gathered. OHRQoL was evaluated using GOHAI, and malnutrition risk using MNA.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Out of 141 elderly, 41.1% were men and 58.9% were women with mean age of 72.2 ±7.5 years. Mean GOHAI score was 47.03 ± 9.2, with 69.5% had low perception of oral health. Mean MNA score was 9.91 ± 2.4, 15.6% were malnourished, 52.5% were at risk of malnutrition and 31.9% were adequately nourished. A strong association was found between the mean GOHAI and MNA scores.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Oral health-related quality of life was associated with nutritional deficit, and it requires a greater integration between dentistry and nutrition in the health promotion of older adults.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Dentistry, JSS Dental College and Hospital, A constituent college of JSS University, Mysore- 570015, Karnataka, India. drnanditak@gmail.com
authors.forename: Nandita
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kshetrimayum
authors.forename: Chavva Venkata Konda
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: Sunitha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Siddhana
authors.forename: Maurya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Manjunath
authors.forename: Sushma
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rudraswamy
authors.forename: Sibyl
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sulavai
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004245:DMF Index; D003679:Deglutition / Q000502:physiology; D003817:Dentition; D004435:Eating / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007326:Institutionalization; D007576:Jaw, Edentulous, Partially / Q000145:classification; D008297:Male; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000145:classification; D008409:Mastication / Q000502:physiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009752:Nutritional Status; D009909:Oral Health; D011788:Quality of Life; D012307:Risk Factors; D012923:Social Class; D013060:Speech / Q000502:physiology