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Relationship between Fried's frailty phenotype and oral frailty in long-term care residents.
Age and ageing - 10 Nov 2021
Hiltunen Kaija, Saarela Riitta K T, Kautiainen Hannu, Roitto Hanna-Maria, Pitkälä Kaisu H, Mäntylä Päivi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: oral frailty (OFr) may be called a syndrome lacking a consensus on its definition. OBJECTIVE: the aim was to prove the relationship between OFr to the phenotype of frailty, general health and nutrition in long-term care. DESIGN: the FINnish ORAL Health Study in Long-Term Care study is a cross-sectional clinical research comprising findings on oral and general health and nutrition. SETTING:...
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