Frequency of Systemic Diseases and Oral Lesions Among the Institutionalized Elderly Subjects in the Northeast of Iran.
Background: With ageing, the number of systemic diseases and the consumption of drugs increase. Moreover, some oral lesions, especially denture-related lesions, are commonly observed. Aim and Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of systemic diseases and oral lesions in...
| Publicado en: | Indian Journal of Dermatology Vol. 68; no. 6; pp. 723 - 729 |
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Wolters Kluwer India Pvt Ltd
Nov/Dec2023
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=175397433&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 175397433 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 00195154 259H jtl: Indian Journal of Dermatology issn: 00195154 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Nov/Dec2023 vid: 68 iid: 6 pid: 16919 pub: Wolters Kluwer India Pvt Ltd artinfo: ui: 175397433 175397433 175397433 10.4103/ijd.ijd_246_23 175397433 ppf: 723 ppct: 6 formats: tig: atl: Frequency of Systemic Diseases and Oral Lesions Among the Institutionalized Elderly Subjects in the Northeast of Iran. aug: au: Dalirsani, Zohreh Ghazi, Ala Firouzabadi, Mohammad Ghanbari affil: Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran sug: subj: Institutionalization In Old Age Mouth Diseases Epidemiology Hypertension Epidemiology Alzheimer's Disease Epidemiology Diabetes Mellitus Epidemiology Comorbidity Human Iran Descriptive Research Cross Sectional Studies Diagnosis, Oral Checklists T-Tests Chi Square Test Aged, 80 and Over Male Female Tongue Diseases Stomatitis, Denture Keratosis Lichenoid Eruptions Aged, 80 & over Male Female ab: Background: With ageing, the number of systemic diseases and the consumption of drugs increase. Moreover, some oral lesions, especially denture-related lesions, are commonly observed. Aim and Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of systemic diseases and oral lesions in the elderly in the Mashhad Geriatric Institutes. Methods: Institutionalized elderly people, who could cooperate for oral examination, enrolled in this descriptive cross-sectional study. The frequency of oral lesions and their systemic diseases were recorded in the self-made checklist. For statistical analysis, Student's t-test and Chi-square test were utilized. The significance level was considered to be 0.05. Results: During the study, 224 elderly subjects with a mean age of 75.63 ± 11.22 years were evaluated. The mean duration of residency in the elderly nursing centres was 1.87 ± 1.37 years. Hypertension, Alzheimer's disease and diabetes were the most common systemic diseases, and about 47% of the patients had two or multiple concurrent diseases. Among participants, 97.1% had at least one oral lesion. The most common oral lesions were fissured tongue (75%), sublingual varicosity (68.3%) and hairy or coated tongue (38.4%), respectively, which are classified as normal variations of oral mucosa. The most common pathological lesions were denture stomatitis, frictional keratosis and lichenoid reactions. Conclusion: Regarding to the high frequency of oral lesions among ageing people, regular examination of the oral mucosa for early detection of oral lesions and appropriate treatments is recommended. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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