TY - JOUR
T1 - Influence of oral health on febrile status in long-term hospitalized elderly patients
AU - Shimazaki, Yoshihiro
AU - Tomioka, Mikiko
AU - Saito, Toshiyuki
AU - Nabeshima, Fumikazu
AU - Ikematsu, Hideyuki
AU - Koyano, Kiyoshi
AU - Yamashita, Yoshihisa
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by Grant-in-Aid of Scientific Research (No. 15791254 and 20592458) from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture of Japan, and by the departmental budget.
PY - 2009/5
Y1 - 2009/5
N2 - Many elderly patients have various health problems and are susceptible to recurrent fever. We examined the influence of oral health on the febrile status of 271 long-term hospitalized elderly patients over 1 year. In dentate patients, those with ≥20 teeth had a significantly higher risk for fever than those with 1-9 teeth; multivariate logistic regression analysis: odds ratio (OR) = 5.44, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.37-21.66. In edentate patients, those with moderate or much tongue plaque had a significantly higher risk for fever than those with no or slight tongue plaque; multivariate analysis: OR = 5.14, 95% CI = 1.77-14.88. These results suggest that oral health status related to febrile status differs between dentate and edentate patients in the elderly population.
AB - Many elderly patients have various health problems and are susceptible to recurrent fever. We examined the influence of oral health on the febrile status of 271 long-term hospitalized elderly patients over 1 year. In dentate patients, those with ≥20 teeth had a significantly higher risk for fever than those with 1-9 teeth; multivariate logistic regression analysis: odds ratio (OR) = 5.44, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.37-21.66. In edentate patients, those with moderate or much tongue plaque had a significantly higher risk for fever than those with no or slight tongue plaque; multivariate analysis: OR = 5.14, 95% CI = 1.77-14.88. These results suggest that oral health status related to febrile status differs between dentate and edentate patients in the elderly population.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.archger.2008.03.013
DO - 10.1016/j.archger.2008.03.013
M3 - Article
C2 - 18472172
AN - SCOPUS:62949099533
SN - 0167-4943
VL - 48
SP - 411
EP - 414
JO - Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
JF - Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
IS - 3
ER -