A cross-sectional study of oral health and oral health-related quality of life among frail elderly persons on admission to a special oral health care programme in Copenhagen City, Denmark

Gerodontology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Christensen, Lisa Bøge ^a   Hede, Børge ^a,b   Nielsen, Ellen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Department of Special Care Dentistry ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

dental care; elderly; oral health; quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DENTITION; DENTURE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MASTICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASE; MOUTH HYGIENE; NURSING HOME; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; DENTAL CARE FOR DISABLED; DENTAL CARIES; DENTITION; DENTURES; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MASTICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; NURSING HOMES; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; PERIODONTAL INDEX; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING; TOOTH MOBILITY;

EID: 84861637455     PISSN: 07340664     EISSN: 17412358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-2358.2011.00486.x     Document Type: Article

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