The meaning of oral health-related quality of life for elderly persons with dementia

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 212-221

  Ericsson, Iréne ^a   Aronsson, Kerstin ^b   Cedersund, Elisabet ^a   Hugoson, Anders ^a   Jonsson, Margareta ^c   Gerdin, Elisabeth Wärnberg ^b  

^a JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b County Council of Östergötland   (Sweden)

^c Unit of Research and Development of Primary Health Care County Council of Jönköping   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Communication; Dementia; Oral health; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEMENTIA; DENTAL HEALTH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EATING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MALE; MASTICATION; MIXED DEPRESSION AND DEMENTIA; MOUTH EXAMINATION; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; TOOTH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DENTURES; EATING; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JAW, EDENTULOUS, PARTIALLY; MASTICATION; MOUTH DISEASES; MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; TOOTH DISEASES;

EID: 70350431448     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: 15023850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016350902855296     Document Type: Article

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