Prevalence and unfavourable outcome of oral frailty in older adult: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Background and objectiveOral frailty (OF) refers to a decline in oral function amongst older adult that often occurs alongside declines in cognitive and physical abilities. We conducted a study to determine the prevalence and unfavourable outcomes of OF in the older adult population to provide medic...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Public Health
Main Authors:	Sheng-Rui Zhu, Liu-Ying Wei, Kui Jia, Yuan-Xi Xie, Zheng-Ke-Ke Tan, Shu-Tian Mo, Wen-Zhen Tang
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-12-01
Subjects:	oral frailty older adult physical frailty meta-analysis outcome
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1501793/full