TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2024//
TI  - Oral frailty as a risk factor for fall incidents among community-dwelling people
JO  - Geriatrics (Basel)
A1  - Yokoyama, Hisayo
A1  - Kitano, Yugo
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VL  - 9
IS  - 2
N2  - BACKGROUND: Identifying older adults with a high risk of falling and providing them with appropriate intervention are vital measures for preventing fall incidents. Scholars report that oral frailty, a decline in oral function, is related to physical function; thus, it bears a potential association with fall risks. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between fall incidents and the status of physical and oral frailty among a sample of residents in Osaka Prefecture. <br><br>SUBJECTS AND METHODS: This study targeted community-dwelling people aged 50 years and older who responded to an annual questionnaire survey using a health app for 2 consecutive years, namely, 2020 and 2021. This study analyzed responses from 7591 (62 ± 7 years) participants and determined the status of their oral frailty and comprehensive and physical frailty using the Kihon Checklist. <br><br>RESULTS: In the 2020 and 2021 surveys, 17% and 19% of the participants exhibited oral frailty and experienced a fall in the previous year, respectively. Logistic regression analysis demonstrated that oral frailty (adjusted odds ratio: 1.553) and physical frailty as well as low levels of awareness of frailty were significant explanatory variables of the occurrence of fall incidents during the subsequent year. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Future studies are required to elucidate the mechanisms by which oral frailty induces fall incidents.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2308-3417
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics9020054
ID  - ref1
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