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ArticleInternational journal of nursing practice2025

Explaining the Association Between Number of Teeth and Frailty in Older Chinese Adults: The Chain Mediating Effect of Nutritional Status and Cognitive Function.

Yanan Wang, Lifang Fan, Hui Zhou, Meimei Zhang, Tianyan Wang, Ying Sheng, Yuelan Zhu

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Article in International journal of nursing practice, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 authors.

Yanan WangNursing Department, The First People's Hospital of Kunshan, Suzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7179-4686
Lifang FanNursing Department, The First People's Hospital of Kunshan, Suzhou, China.
Hui ZhouNursing Department, The First People's Hospital of Kunshan, Suzhou, China.
Meimei ZhangNursing Department, The First People's Hospital of Kunshan, Suzhou, China.
Tianyan WangNursing Department, The First People's Hospital of Kunshan, Suzhou, China.
Ying ShengScientific Research Department, Shanghai Fifth People's Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Yuelan ZhuNursing Department, The First People's Hospital of Kunshan, Suzhou, China.

Funding

Key Discipline Construction supported by Suzhou Municipal Medical Science SZFCXK202106Kunshan Science and Technology Special Program KS2210Special Project for Medical and Health Science and Technology Innovation at Kunshan First People's Hospital KETDCX202426Talent Development Plan funded by Shanghai Fifth People's Hospital, Fudan University 2020WYRCSG08
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Abstract

aimsThe objective of this research is to investigate the association between the number of teeth and frailty in the geriatric population.

designThis cross-sectional study was conducted in Shanghai Fifth People's Hospital, Fudan University, from May 2021 to September 2021.

methodsA cohort of 538 community-dwelling older adults aged 60 years or above was included in the analysis. The Tilburg Frailty Indicator, Mini-Mental State Examination and Mini Nutritional Assessment Short-Form were employed to assess frailty, cognitive function and nutritional status, respectively. The statistics software SPSS v21.0 and its process plug-in were employed for statistical analysis, and the significance of intermediary effects was tested using the bootstrap sampling test method and the process plug-in.

resultsThe number of teeth influenced frailty through three mediating pathways: (a) nutritional status (effect = -0.038); (b) cognitive function (effect = -0.021); (c) nutritional status and cognitive function combined (effect = -0.038). The total mediating effect accounted for 50.26% of the overall effect.

conclusionThese findings highlight the need to raise awareness of oral health care among older adults and implement comprehensive interventions to promote active aging and improve their overall well-being.

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CognitionFrail ElderlyFrailtyNutritional StatusAgedAged, 80 and overChinaCross-Sectional StudiesEast Asian PeopleFemaleGeriatric AssessmentHumansIndependent LivingMaleMiddle AgedOral Healthcognitive functionfrailtynumber of teethnutritional statusolder adults

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PMID39973046
PMCPMC11840288

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