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Associations of Oral Health-Related Quality of Life with age, oral status, and oral function among psychiatric inpatients in Japan: a cross-sectional study.

Satoru HaresakuFuyuko NakashimaYayoi HaraMadoka KurokiHisae AokiKeiko KubotaToru Naito
Published in: BMC oral health (2020)
In hospitalized psychiatric patients, impaired oral health in the older subjects was more pronounced compared with that among general adults. Tooth loss and swallowing function were associated with OHRQoL. Therefore, oral care for the recovery of occlusal and swallowing functions may be needed to improve OHRQoL among psychiatric patients.
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