Table 1.

Characteristics, oral status, self‐rated oral and general health and functional status of older people in short‐term care (n = 391)

Characteristics of the older people in short‐term care (n = 391)
	Men n = 182 (%)	Women n = 209 (%)	Total n = 391 (%) *
Age, years
65‐84	113 (62)	101 (48)	214 (55)
85‐100	69 (38)	108 (52)	177 (45)
Education
Compulsory school	104 (58)	147 (71)	251 (65)
Upper secondary school	56 (31)	43 (21)	99 (26)
University	20 (11)	16 (8)	36 (9)
Oral status of the older people
Number of teeth
0	32 (18)	42 (20)	74 (19)
1‐19	69 (38)	79 (38)	148 (38)
20‐32	80 (44)	87 (42)	167 (43)
Removable dentures (full or partly)
Yes	63 (35)	72 (35)	135 (35)
Bridges
Yes	55 (30)	78 (38)	133 (34)
Implants
Yes	16 (9)	17 (8)	33 (9)
Need for dental care
Yes	68 (40)	80 (41)	148 (41)
Perform oral self‐care
Yes, completely	134 (75)	176 (86)	310 (81)
Receive some help/receive help entirely	45 (25)	29 (14)	74 (19)
Self‐rated oral health and general health
Self‐perceived oral health
Very good/quite good	123 (69)	141 (68)	264 (69)
Neither good nor poor	28 (16)	30 (15)	58 (15)
Quite poor/poor	27 (15)	35 (17)	62 (16)
Self‐perceived physical health
Very good/quite good	103 (58)	96 (47)	199 (52)
Neither good nor poor	26 (14)	34 (16)	60 (15)
Quite poor/poor	50 (28)	76 (37)	126 (33)
Self‐perceived psychological health
Very good/quite good	115 (65)	118 (58)	233 (61)
Neither good nor poor	31 (17)	52 (25)	83 (22)
Quite poor/poor	32 (18)	35 (17)	67 (17)
Functional status
Katz‐ADL
A	14 (8)	14 (7)	28 (7)
B‐D	61 (34)	104 (50)	165 (43)
E‐G	104 (58)	88 (43)	192 (50)

^*Numbers do not add to total due to missing data, with a range of 363‐391 respondents.