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08-07-2023 | Nutrition

Effect of Combined Oral Management, Rehabilitation, and Nutrition Interventions on Improving Systemic Problems in Older Adults

Authors: Kanako Yoshimi, Kazuharu Nakagawa, Kohei Yamaguchi, Yuki Nagasawa, Haruka Tohara

Published in: Current Oral Health Reports | Issue 3/2023

Abstract

Purpose of Review

Most studies on oral management have focused on the outcomes of single intervention methods. In this review, we conducted a literature search to investigate whether combined oral management, rehabilitation, and nutritional interventions improved the systemic problems in older adults requiring long-term care.

Recent Findings

Supplementing oral care with therapist-led rehabilitation or swallowing exercises resulted in a reduction in the incidence of pneumonia cases during the intervention period. Weekly oral function training, combined with the provision of a high nutritional diet for malnourished older adults, significantly increased serum albumin and total protein levels in the intervention group. A combined intervention program of diet, exercise, and oral care for 11 weeks resulted in a significant increase in body weight, BMI, and social engagement.

Summary

Combined oral management, rehabilitation, and nutritional interventions in older adults requiring long-term care had positive effects on health maintenance.

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Title: Effect of Combined Oral Management, Rehabilitation, and Nutrition Interventions on Improving Systemic Problems in Older Adults
Authors: Kanako Yoshimi
Kazuharu Nakagawa
Kohei Yamaguchi
Yuki Nagasawa
Haruka Tohara
Publication date: 08-07-2023
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Keywords: Nutrition
Care
Pneumonia
Dysphagia
Dysphagia
Dysphagia
Published in: Current Oral Health Reports / Issue 3/2023
Electronic ISSN: 2196-3002
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40496-023-00340-5

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