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Yolanda Martínez Beneyto
University of Murcia: Universidad de Murcia
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ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1523-9415
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Background
Elderly patients who spend long periods hospitalized or those who are in a situation of institutionalization represent a risk group in this regard, as many of them suffer a degree of dependence and need help to perform the basic tasks of personal care. It is therefore important to learn more of the oral health status of this group of patients in order to make a proper assessment of the situation and to develop protocols for its management. The purpose of the study was to conduct a systematic review to ascertain the oral health status of elderly patients admitted to institutions or hospitalized for a long period of time.
Methods
a systematic review of the literature published in two different databases (PubMed, Embase and Cochrane Library) was carried out, with 12 different combinations of keywords based on the following selection criteria: studies published in the last 5 years, in English and/or Spanish and/or Portuguese, with samples of ≥ 30 patients, performed in patients older than 65 years, admitted to any type of institution and/or hospital center for at least 7 days and in which the state of hard and/or soft tissues of the oral cavity were evaluated in some way. The selected articles were subjected to a thorough analysis.
Results
The search strategy covered 1,014 articles: 689 from Pubmed and 325 from Cochrane Library. After applying the eligibility criteria, five articles were selected for our review. The level of evidence of the articles was3, a sample of 773 patients most of them were women with an average age older than 70 years old.
Conclusions
the oral health of patients aged more than 65 is worse than that of the rest population. Long hospital stays or being institutionalized in a residence makes this group susceptible to a worsening of their oral health status. It is necessary to develop protocols for the oral health care of these patients, accompanied by training programs for the personnel responsible.
Keywords
“elderly inpatients”, “elderly hospitalized patients”, “long term hospitalization”, “long term inpatients”, “oral health”, “oral status”
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Research article
Yolanda Martínez Beneyto
University of Murcia: Universidad de Murcia
Corresponding Author
ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1523-9415
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CURRENT STATUS: Under Review
Version 1
Posted 04 Dec, 2020
No community comments so far
Editorial decision: Major revision
On 29 Mar, 2021
Review #3 received
Received 23 Mar, 2021
Reviewer #3 agreed
On 18 Mar, 2021
Review #2 received
Received 22 Jan, 2021
Review #1 received
Received 20 Jan, 2021
Reviewer #2 agreed
On 02 Jan, 2021
Reviewer #1 agreed
On 30 Dec, 2020
Reviewers invited
Invitations sent on 15 Dec, 2020
Editor assigned
On 03 Dec, 2020
Submission checks complete
On 02 Dec, 2020
Editor invited
On 29 Nov, 2020
First submitted
On 23 Nov, 2020
Metrics
Comments: 0
PDF Downloads: ...
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License:
This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License. Read Full License
Background
Elderly patients who spend long periods hospitalized or those who are in a situation of institutionalization represent a risk group in this regard, as many of them suffer a degree of dependence and need help to perform the basic tasks of personal care. It is therefore important to learn more of the oral health status of this group of patients in order to make a proper assessment of the situation and to develop protocols for its management. The purpose of the study was to conduct a systematic review to ascertain the oral health status of elderly patients admitted to institutions or hospitalized for a long period of time.
Methods
a systematic review of the literature published in two different databases (PubMed, Embase and Cochrane Library) was carried out, with 12 different combinations of keywords based on the following selection criteria: studies published in the last 5 years, in English and/or Spanish and/or Portuguese, with samples of ≥ 30 patients, performed in patients older than 65 years, admitted to any type of institution and/or hospital center for at least 7 days and in which the state of hard and/or soft tissues of the oral cavity were evaluated in some way. The selected articles were subjected to a thorough analysis.
Results
The search strategy covered 1,014 articles: 689 from Pubmed and 325 from Cochrane Library. After applying the eligibility criteria, five articles were selected for our review. The level of evidence of the articles was3, a sample of 773 patients most of them were women with an average age older than 70 years old.
Conclusions
the oral health of patients aged more than 65 is worse than that of the rest population. Long hospital stays or being institutionalized in a residence makes this group susceptible to a worsening of their oral health status. It is necessary to develop protocols for the oral health care of these patients, accompanied by training programs for the personnel responsible.
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