Posterior teeth occlusion is related independently to onset of fever in residents of aged person welfare facility: Perspective cohort study.
fever
nursing home
older adults
posterior teeth occlusion
Journal
Gerodontology
ISSN: 1741-2358
Titre abrégé: Gerodontology
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8215850
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2022
Jun 2022
Historique:
revised:
08
02
2021
received:
17
12
2020
accepted:
08
03
2021
pubmed:
23
3
2021
medline:
11
5
2022
entrez:
22
3
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Onset of fever is a common presentation of symptoms in older adults. Loss of posterior teeth occlusion provokes dysphagia, which is commonly related to infectious diseases of the respiratory tract. However, a correlation between posterior teeth occlusion and the onset of fever has not been studied. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether posterior teeth occlusion is correlated with the onset of fever in residents of aged person welfare facilities. This perspective cohort study was carried out from February 2019 to December 2019 in Kitakyushu, Japan. The follow-up period was 8 months. Overall, 141 residents aged ≥ 65 years from 10 aged person welfare facility were included. Dates when the body temperatures of participants were more than 37.2°C were recorded. Posterior teeth occlusion was evaluated by assessing functional tooth units (FTUs). Data from 100 participants [median age, 89 (67-102)] were used for analysis. Total of 53 participants got a fever. The Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that the average period until onset of fever in participants with scores 0, 1-11 and 12 for FTU was 7.7 ± 0.6, 7.4 ± 1.0 and 3.9 ± 1.0, respectively. Cox's proportional hazards regression model revealed that participants with FTU = 0 were at higher risk of fever compared with those with FTU = 12 (hazards ratio: 3.2, 95% confidence interval: 1.4-7.7), adjusted for possible confounders. Posterior teeth occlusion correlated with the risk of fever in older residents of nursing homes.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Onset of fever is a common presentation of symptoms in older adults. Loss of posterior teeth occlusion provokes dysphagia, which is commonly related to infectious diseases of the respiratory tract. However, a correlation between posterior teeth occlusion and the onset of fever has not been studied. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether posterior teeth occlusion is correlated with the onset of fever in residents of aged person welfare facilities.
METHODS
METHODS
This perspective cohort study was carried out from February 2019 to December 2019 in Kitakyushu, Japan. The follow-up period was 8 months. Overall, 141 residents aged ≥ 65 years from 10 aged person welfare facility were included. Dates when the body temperatures of participants were more than 37.2°C were recorded. Posterior teeth occlusion was evaluated by assessing functional tooth units (FTUs).
RESULTS
RESULTS
Data from 100 participants [median age, 89 (67-102)] were used for analysis. Total of 53 participants got a fever. The Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that the average period until onset of fever in participants with scores 0, 1-11 and 12 for FTU was 7.7 ± 0.6, 7.4 ± 1.0 and 3.9 ± 1.0, respectively. Cox's proportional hazards regression model revealed that participants with FTU = 0 were at higher risk of fever compared with those with FTU = 12 (hazards ratio: 3.2, 95% confidence interval: 1.4-7.7), adjusted for possible confounders.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Posterior teeth occlusion correlated with the risk of fever in older residents of nursing homes.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
170-176Subventions
Organisme : Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture of Japan, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C), 2018-2020
ID : 18K17292
Organisme : Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture of Japan, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C), 2018-2020
ID : M. I.
Informations de copyright
© 2021 Gerodontology Association and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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