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Characteristics of drugs with oral frailty patients among community pharmacy visitors: a cross-sectional study

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العنوان: Characteristics of drugs with oral frailty patients among community pharmacy visitors: a cross-sectional study
المؤلفون: Ayako Maeda-Minami, Misuzu Takashima, Yukako Morisaki, Shunsuke Ehara, Seiichi Kato, Kazuhiro Saito, Tomokazu Tanaka, Yoshiaki Shikamura, Yasunari Mano
المصدر: BMC Oral Health, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2024)
بيانات النشر: BMC, 2024.
سنة النشر: 2024
المجموعة: LCC:Dentistry
مصطلحات موضوعية: Oral frailty, Benzodiazepines, Older persons, Dentistry, RK1-715
الوصف: Abstract Background With the rise in the older population, it has become important to understand the relationship between oral frailty and drug use to consider appropriate medical interventions and drug use for older persons. Objective To clarify the relationship among oral frailty, drug use, and other patient backgrounds and to identify relevant factors using information from patient questionnaires and pharmacy medication history records. Methods This cross-sectional study involved community-dwelling older adults. Older adults aged ≥ 65 years who visited 44 pharmacies in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, with their prescriptions between July 1 and September 10, 2021, and who were able to complete the questionnaire independently were eligible for the study. An oral Frailty Index-8 score ≥ 4 was used to define the oral frailty group, while a score of 0–3 was used to define the non-oral frailty group. A multivariate logistic regression analysis was conducted to identify relevant factors for oral frailty, with oral frailty as the dependent variable and items from the questionnaire and drug survey as independent variables. Results A total of 1,386 eligible participants were included in this study, and 761 (54.9%) had oral frailty. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that frailty, number of natural teeth (fewer than 20), and benzodiazepine use were significantly associated with oral frailty (p
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1472-6831
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1472-6831
DOI: 10.1186/s12903-024-05299-y
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/54fcf83fa815469c8612777a2be9fd2a
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.54fcf83fa815469c8612777a2be9fd2a
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
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تدمد:14726831
DOI:10.1186/s12903-024-05299-y