The impact of oral health on stated ability to eat certain foods; Findings from the National Diet and Nutrition Survey of Older People in Great Britain

Sheiham, Aubrey; Steele, J G; Marcenes, Wagner; Finch, Stephen J.; Walls, Angus

doi:10.1111/j.1741-2358.1999.00011.x

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“…A large number of studies have clearly demonstrated that self-perceived chewing ability is very important for the maintenance of good dietary habits in the elderly (Sheiham et al, 1999;Osterberg et al, 2002;Bartali et al, 2003). Furthermore, Gordon et al (1985) suggest that the presence of self-perceived chewing problems often is an indicator of altered food selection patterns in these older individuals, and that this may be a more reliable indicator than the quality of the dentition itself.…”

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Risk factors for dietary variety decline among Japanese elderly in a rural community: a 8-year follow-up study from TMIG-LISA

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Objective: To examine the factors related to the decline of dietary variety among the rural community-dwelling Japanese elderly people and the implication on the planning of elderly people's nutritional improvement program in the future. Design: A prospective cohort study during 8-year follow-up from 1992 to 2000. Setting: This study was conducted in Nangai Village, a rural and mainly agricultural area of Akita Prefecture in the northern part of Honshu, one of four main islands in Japan. Subjects: A total of 417 elderly people (160 men, 257 women) who completed interviews and food intake frequency surveys conducted in 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, and 2000 were studied. Methods: Dietary variety and variables potentially associated with dietary variety decline were identified from a face-to-face interview at the baseline and 8-year follow-up surveys. The dietary variety was measured using the dietary variety score (DVS), which covers the 10 main food groups in Japanese meals. Results: During the 8-year follow-up, 36.2% of the subjects showed a decline in dietary variety. Health characteristics also change among the 8-year follow-up and these changes have an effect on the decline of dietary variety. Significant predictors for decline in dietary variety included loss of spouse, deterioration in self-perceived chewing ability, and decrease in intellectual activity score. Conclusions: Loss of spouse, deterioration in chewing ability, and decline in intellectual activity may increase the risk of decline in dietary variety in community-dwelling Japanese elderly people.

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Risk factors for dietary variety decline among Japanese elderly in a rural community: a 8-year follow-up study from TMIG-LISA

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“…Of these, up to 85% suffer from malnutrition (Rowe & Kahn, 1998). The causes of malnutrition are multidimensional but may include dental caries, impaired chewing capacity, impaired ability to eat certain foods, and poor dental care/treatment (Isaksson, Soderfeldt, & Nederfors 2003;Wyatt, 2002;Nordenram, Ljunggren, & Cederholm, 2001;Sheiham & Steele, 2001;Sheiham, Steele, Marcenes, Finch, & Walls, 1999). The purpose of this article is to describe the Individual Nutrition Rx (INRx) assessment process and report preliminary findings on baseline nutritional status, common nutrition problems identified by the INRx protocol and specific individualized interventions.…”

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Testing of the Individual Nutrition Rx assessment process among nursing home residents

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Alvine²

2006

Applied Nursing Research

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The purpose of this article is to describe the Individual Nutrition Rx (INRx) assessment process and report preliminary findings on baseline nutritional status, common nutrition problems and specific individualized interventions. The INRx utilizes a predictive model for participant identification, a systematic assessment process, and evidence-based interventions to improve nutritional status of atrisk residents. Nineteen percent of participants had abnormal serum albumin levels and 32.8% had abnormal serum prealbumin levels indicating diminished protein stores and protein calorie malnutrition. Frequent nutritional problems identified through the INRx assessment process were appetite change, poor positioning while eating and oral status concerns.

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“…The selection of food by the elderly was affected by the number of teeth, the number of occluding pairs and the presence of complete dentures (8,9). The wearing of complete dentures also resulted in changes in masticatory function compared with dentate subjects (10)(11)(12).…”

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An insight into the masticatory performance of complete denture wearer

Ahmad

2006

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To date there is no standard protocol on evaluation of the masticatory performance in complete denture wearer even though many methods had been described in the literature for measurement of the masticatory performance of the complete denture wearers. The masticatory performances were measured either subjectively or objectively, but no positive correlation was found between subjective and objective measurement. Therefore, there is a need to standardize the objective measurement, as subjective measurements rely on patients' perceptions, which is not reliable. Intra individual and inter individual variations that exist support the need to standardize the method of measurement.Key words: masticatory performance, complete denture. INTRODUCTIONThe efficiency and success of complete dentures are difficult to measure objectively. It is important to be able to do so because patients sometimes complain with no clinical evidence (1,2). Most patients expect dentures to be comparable, both functionally and esthetically, to a natural dentition (3). To predict individual patients' ability to chew test foods, dentists cannot rely on subjective responses to questionnaires on chewing difficulties or on the complete denture. However, a series of chewing tests can determine the individual masticatory performance. An objective test of masticatory performance could provide useful information of edentulous subjects wearing complete denture; later this information could support advice and decisions made by the dentists to patients on the treatment and the treatment outcome (4). OBJECTIVESTooth loss is significant in elderly people, partly due to poor oral health. Fiske and Lewis (1995) suggested that oral health is important in the elderly in terms of their ability to eat healthy nutritious food (5), as elderly with a reduced number of teeth had a poor quality diet (6). It is important to have good oral health and chewing ability, either by means of the remaining teeth or with dentures (7).The selection of food by the elderly was affected by the number of teeth, the number of occluding pairs and the presence of complete dentures (8,9). The wearing of complete dentures also resulted in changes in masticatory function compared with dentate subjects (10-12). Therefore, a measurement of the performance and the efficiency of masticatory function is important as restoring the masticatory function is one of the purposes of complete denture construction (13).The objective of this paper is to give a brief insight into the masticatory performance and efficiency of complete denture wearers and various methods used to establish the masticatory performance of the edentulous patients. MASTICATORY FUNCTION Definition"The ability of a patient to masticate is measured in two ways, i.e (1) Masticatory efficiency and (2) Masticatory performance"-Bates, Stafford and Harrison (10). From the Glossary of Prosthodontics (14), masticatory efficiency is defined as the effort required achieving a standard degree of comminution while masticatory performance i...

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The impact of oral health on stated ability to eat certain foods; Findings from the National Diet and Nutrition Survey of Older People in Great Britain

Abstract: The stated selection of foods are substantially affected by numbers of teeth and occluding pairs of posterior teeth and presence of full dentures in significant percentages of older people.

Cited by 217 publications

References 17 publications

Risk factors for dietary variety decline among Japanese elderly in a rural community: a 8-year follow-up study from TMIG-LISA

Risk factors for dietary variety decline among Japanese elderly in a rural community: a 8-year follow-up study from TMIG-LISA

Testing of the Individual Nutrition Rx assessment process among nursing home residents

An insight into the masticatory performance of complete denture wearer

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