Chewing difficulty and frailty trajectories in Chinese nursing home residents: A prospective cohort study
Shan Wang,
Kefang Wang,
Lingping Luo
et al.
Abstract:AimTo investigate frailty trajectories in nursing home residents, and to test whether chewing difficulty was a significant factor associated with frailty trajectories.MethodsThis is a 1‐year prospective cohort study. Data were collected from 27 nursing home residents in China at baseline, 6 months, and 12 months. Latent class growth modeling was used to identify frailty trajectories. Multilevel multinomial logistic regression was used to test the relative risk ratios (RRRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) … Show more
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