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P3‐514: THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN EATING PERFORMANCE AND DENTAL‐RELATED FUNCTION AND ORAL HEALTH IN COGNITIVELY IMPAIRED RESIDENTS IN ASSISTED LIVING SETTINGS
Author(s) -
Liu Wen,
Shaw Clarissa,
Chen Xi
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2018.06.1879
Subject(s) - medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , gerontology , observational study , oral health , population , psychological intervention , association (psychology) , logistic regression , tooth loss , psychology , dentistry , environmental health , psychiatry , nursing , pathology , psychotherapist
walking (33%), standing up (17%) and getting out of bed (13%). The proportion of people with recurrent falls during the study period was 49.5%. Age did not differ significantly between single and recurrent fallers. Compared to single fallers, those who sustained >1 fall had a significant higher proportion of: psychotropic FRIDs prescription alone or in association with other non-psychotropic FRIDs, known behavioural problems, but not of dementia (48% vs. 52%). Residents treated with both psychotropic and internistic FRIDs fell on average almost 5 times more than those without FRIDs treatment. The proportion of other conditions associated with increased risk fall such motor disability or visual impairment did not differ significantly between single and recurrent fallers. Conclusions:Results confirm that falls are frequent in NH and previous falls are an important risk factor for falls. Recurrent fallers are more frequently treated with high-risk medications, in particular psychotropics alone or in association with other non-psychotropics drugs. The finding that a number of residents with multiple falls continued to use the same FRIDs, indicates a lack of attention to assess this problem. Further research is needed to understand the relationship between FRIDs, dementia and BPSD.