TABLE 3.
Percentage and frequency of residents in nursing homes assessed with ROAG‐J to have oral health problems (risk), and the relation to other factors in Senior Alert. Binary logistic regression analysis with odds ratio (OR), 95% confidence interval (95% CI) and p‐value. The reference variables are specified (ref)
| Oral health problems | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | OR (95% CI) | p | |
| Total | 39,075 | 42.1 | – | – |
| Age | – | – | 0.89 (0.87–0.90) | <.001 a , b |
| 65–74 | 4,396 | 48.2 | 1.37 (1.31–1.43) | <.001 |
| 75–84 | 12,567 | 43.0 | 1.11 (1.08–1.14) | <.001 |
| 85–94 (ref) | 18,974 | 40.5 | 1.00 | – |
| ≥95 | 3,138 | 41.3 | 1.04 (0.99–1.09) | .154 |
| Gender | ||||
| Female (ref) | 24,968 | 40.6 | 1.00 | – |
| Male | 14,107 | 45.0 | 1.20 (1.16–1.23) | <.001 |
| BMI | – | – | 0.97 (0.97–0.98) | <.001 b |
| Underweight | 5,178 | 51.5 | 1.43 (1.37–1.49) | <.001 |
| Normal range (ref) | 18,434 | 42.7 | 1.00 | – |
| Overweight | 10,577 | 39.3 | 0.87 (0.84–0.90) | <.001 |
| Obese | 4,886 | 38.7 | 0.85 (0.81–0.88) | <.001 |
| Physical condition | ||||
| Good (ref) | 15,522 | 33.9 | 1.00 | – |
| Fair | 19,401 | 47.5 | 1.76 (1.71–1.81) | <.001 |
| Poor | 3,642 | 66.5 | 3.87 (3.65–4.11) | <.001 |
| Very bad | 510 | 67.3 | 4.01 (3.44–4.67) | <.001 |
| Neuropsychological problems | ||||
| No problems (ref) | 9,882 | 35.7 | 1.00 | – |
| Mild | 18,770 | 41.3 | 1.27 (1.23–1.31) | <.001 |
| Severe | 10,423 | 53.1 | 2.04 (1.97–2.12) | <.001 |
| Mobility | ||||
| Fully mobile (ref) | 14,746 | 32.7 | 1.00 | – |
| Slightly limited | 13,751 | 44.9 | 1.68 (1.63–1.73) | <.001 |
| Very limited | 9,869 | 61.2 | 3.25 (3.13–3.37) | <.001 |
| Immobile/Bedridden | 709 | 74.6 | 6.04 (5.21–7.00) | <.001 |
a
OR per 10 years.
b
The full scale was used in the analyses.