Factors associated with the maintenance in food texture for dependent older people with dysphagia living in nursing home – A retrospective cohort study
Objectives Maintaining the texture of the food that nursing home residents eat is critical for maintaining quality of life and preventing malnutrition. The aim of the present study was to identify the conditions necessary for maintaining food texture for this population. Materials and Methods The st...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Special care in dentistry 2024-05, Vol.44 (3), p.886-892 |
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Maintaining the texture of the food that nursing home residents eat is critical for maintaining quality of life and preventing malnutrition. The aim of the present study was to identify the conditions necessary for maintaining food texture for this population.
Materials and Methods
The study included 143 people for whom reevaluation 1‐year post‐baseline was possible from among 256 dependent older people who consumed solid food on admission to a nursing home (baseline). The age, sex, primary disease, activities of daily living, nutritional status, oral status, swallowing ability, primitive reflexes, and food texture of the participants were determined. The participants who ate pureed or jelly after 1 year were identified and evaluated to determine factors related to maintenance of a solid diet.
Results
A total of 21 participants (14.7%) changed to a pureed or jelly diet after 1 year. Multivariate analysis showed good activities of daily living (p |
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ISSN: | 0275-1879 1754-4505 |
DOI: | 10.1111/scd.12937 |