Oral health status and its association with nutritional support in malnourished patients hospitalised in acute care.

Junichi Furuya Hiroyuki Suzuki Rena HidakaAyano AkatsukaKazuharu NakagawaKanako YoshimiAyako NakaneYukue ShimizuKeiko SaitoYasuhiro ItsuiHaruka ToharaYuji SatoShunsuke Minakuchi

Published in: Gerodontology (2021)

Malnourished inpatients at an acute care hospital who were subject to an NST had a deteriorated oral health status. Additionally, poor oral health was associated with poor nutritional status and nutrition intake methods.

Keyphrases

acute care
oral health
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
physical activity
emergency department
body mass index
electronic health record
adverse drug