onr:"swepub:oai:gup.ub.gu.se/246652"
Search: onr:"swepub:oai:gup.ub.gu.se/246652" > Discontinued dental...
- 1 of 1
- Previous record
- Next record
- To hitlist
- Grönbeck-Linden, Ingela,1955Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för odontologi, sektion 1,Institute of Odontology, Section 1 (author)
Discontinued dental attendance among elderly people in Sweden
- Article/chapterEnglish2016
Publisher, publication year, extent ...
- Medknow,2016
Numbers
- LIBRIS-ID:oai:gup.ub.gu.se/246652
- https://gup.ub.gu.se/publication/246652URI
- https://doi.org/10.4103/2231-0762.183101DOI
Supplementary language notes
- Language:English
Part of subdatabase
- SwePubSwePub
Classification
Notes
- Aim: Our objective was to study the loss of dental attendance and a possible age trend among patients aged >= 65 years in Sweden. Regular dental check-ups are considered to be an important factor in maintaining oral health. Approximately 80% of the adult population in Sweden are enrolled in a regular check-up system; however, dental practitioners often find that older patients attend fewer check-ups. Old people may naturally lose contact with dental services as they move to special housing or die. In this systematic study, these factors were investigated and used as exclusion criteria. Materials and Methods: Data were collected for all patients (n = 4759) aged 65 or older from the electronic journal system in 3 large public dental clinics in 3 communities. Their dental records for the years 2004u2009 were studied longitudinally by 1 person at each clinic; 1111 patients were excluded (patients died during study period, wanted emergency care only, obtained special dental care allowance, moved from the community or moved to special housing, or left the clinic for another caregiver). The statistical analyses were performed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 21 (IBM). Results: Of the 3648 patients (1690 men and 1958 women) included in the study, 13% lost contact with their dental service over the course of the study (10% of those were aged 65u79 and 21% >= 80). The decrease in regular dental contact had a statistically significant association with increasing age (P < 0.001). Conclusion: A considerable number of older people living independently or with moderate supportive care in their own homes lost contact with dental service despite enrolment in a recall system.
Subject headings and genre
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP Klinisk medicin Odontologi hsv//swe
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES Clinical Medicine Dentistry hsv//eng
- Dental attendance
- dental care for aged
- frail elderly
- public dental service
- oral-health
- chewing ability
- tooth loss
- individuals
- age
Added entries (persons, corporate bodies, meetings, titles ...)
- Hägglin, Catharina,1955Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för odontologi, sektion 1,Institute of Odontology, Section 1(Swepub:gu)xhagca (author)
- Petersson, A. (author)
- Linander, P. O. (author)
- Gahnberg, LarsGothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för odontologi,Institute of Odontology(Swepub:gu)xgahla (author)
- Göteborgs universitetInstitutionen för odontologi, sektion 1 (creator_code:org_t)
Related titles
- In:Journal of International Society of Preventive and Community Dentistry: Medknow6:3, s. 224-2292231-0762
Internet link
Find in a library
- Journal of International Society of Preventive and Community Dentistry (Search for host publication in LIBRIS)
To the university's database
- 1 of 1
- Previous record
- Next record
- To hitlist
Find more in SwePub
- By the author/editor
- Grönbeck-Linden, ...
- Hägglin, Cathari ...
- Petersson, A.
- Linander, P. O.
- Gahnberg, Lars
- About the subject
-
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
- MEDICAL AND HEAL ...
- and Clinical Medicin ...
- and Dentistry
- Articles in the publication
- Journal of Inter ...
- By the university
- University of Gothenburg
Search outside SwePub
- Extend your search to:
- Google Book Search
- Google Scholar
Kungliga biblioteket hanterar dina personuppgifter i enlighet med EU:s dataskyddsförordning (2018), GDPR. Läs mer om hur det funkar här.
Så här hanterar KB dina uppgifter vid användning av denna tjänst.
- Copyright © LIBRIS - National Library Systems
- LIBRIS.kb.se
