The relationship between oral health literacy,nutrition and oral frail in the elderly
Objective To explore the relationship between oral health literacy,nutritional status and oral frailty in the elderly.Methods 517 elderly people were surveyed using the Oral Health Literacy Scale(HeLD-14),the Miniature Nutrition Assessment Short Form(MNA-SF)and oral frailty index-8.Results The score of oral frailty was(4.77±2.43),and the incidence of oral frailty was 47.8%.The scores of oral health literacy were(42.88±11.41);The nutritional status score was(12.29±1.96),and the detection rate of nutritional risk was 28.8%.The mediating effect between oral health literacy and oral frailty was 29.20%of the total effect.Con-clusion The incidence of oral frail among the elderly is high.Nutritional status plays an intermediary role and regulating effect between oral health literacy and oral frail.The elderly should be encouraged to improve oral health literacy,strengthen nutritional support and re-duce the incidence of oral frail.
ElderlyOral health literacyNutritionOral FrailtyMediating effectRegulating effect
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