Relationships between higher-level functional capacity and dental health behaviors in community-dwelling older adults

Gerodontology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 133-140

  Moriya, Shingo ^a   Tei, Kanchu ^b   Yamazaki, Yutaka ^b   Hata, Hironobu ^b   Kitagawa, Yoshimasa ^b   Inoue, Nobuo ^c   Miura, Hiroko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Graduate School of Dental Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

community; dental health behavior; elderly; functional capacity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DENTAL DEVICE; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DENTITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOUTH HYGIENE; PHYSIOLOGY; SELF CARE; TOOTH BRUSHING;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; DENTAL DEVICES, HOME CARE; DENTITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HIGHER NERVOUS ACTIVITY; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL PROCESSES; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; SELF CARE; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 84877610815     PISSN: 07340664     EISSN: 17412358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-2358.2012.00654.x     Document Type: Article

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