Practical Geriatrics ›› 2025, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (7): 723-726.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1003-9198.2025.07.015

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Analysis of prevalence and influencing factors of oral frailty in elderly patients with diabetes

YI Hua, WU Jin, CHEN Xiaoyan, HONG Kexia, CHEN Zhipeng   

  1. Department of Endocrinology(YI Hua, WU Jin, CHEN Xiaoyan); Department of Respiratory Medicine(HONG Kexia); Department of Geriatric Medicine (CHEN Zhipeng), Yancheng Third People’s Hospital, Yancheng 224001, China
  • Received:2024-09-09 Online:2025-07-20 Published:2025-07-22
  • Contact: CHEN Zhipeng, Email: 976836065@qq.com

Abstract: Objective To investigate the prevalence and influencing factors of oral frailty in the elderly patients with diabetes. Methods A total of 232 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus admitted to Yancheng Third People’s Hospital from October 2023 to May 2024 were enrolled in this study by convenient sampling method. The general data questionnaire, Oral Frailty Index-8(OFI-8), Elderly Oral Health-Related Self-Efficacy Scale, Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale, Simple Version of Geriatric Depression Scale were evaluated in the patients. Results The median OFI-8 score of all the patients was 4 (2,7). There were 52 cases (22.41 %) with low risk of oral frailty, 59 cases (25.43%) with moderate risk, and 121 cases (52.16 %) with high risk. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that aged >75 years old, duration of diabetes >5 years and anxiety were risk factors (P<0.05), and higher education level, higher monthly income per capita and higher oral health self-efficacy were protective factors for high risk of oral frailty in the elderly patients with diabetes (P<0.05). Conclusions The incidence rate of high risk of oral frailty in elderly diabetic patients is 52.16 %. Age, course of diabetes, anxiety, education level, income and oral health self-efficacy are the main influencing factors for oral frailty.

Key words: diabetes, aged, oral frailty, influencing factor

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