Systemic and oral health status of older adult inpatients in an intensive care unit

• Autor(a) principal: Miranda,Alexandre Franco
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Félix,Rodrigo Alexandre, Sá,Josiane Costa Rodrigues de, Oliveira,Maria Liz Cunha de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://ggaging.com/details/1778
• topic: intensive care units; comprehensive healthcare; oral health; geriatric.

<p><b>OBJECTIVE:</b> To assess the systemic and oral health status of geriatric patients hospitalized in an intensive care unit (ICU).<br> <b>METHODS:</b> A cross-sectional descriptive study of a convenience sample of 78 older ICU inpatients. A single calibrated examiner collected demographic and clinical data by analyzing patients’ records and assessing their oral cavities. Descriptive data analysis was performed to a 5.00% significance level. All patients provided informed consent and were conscious during the oral health assessment.<br> <b>RESULTS:</b> The mean age was 77.69 years and 51.28% of the sample were male. The main reasons patients were admitted to the ICU investigated were postoperative conditions (23.08%) and cardiac abnormalities (20.51%). Systemic arterial hypertension (69.23%) was the most prevalent comorbidity and patients were being treated with anticoagulants (57.69%) and antimicrobials (53.85%). Most patients did not receive oral care (64.10%), while 29.49% of them received it only once, and 57.69% were denture users. The mean decayed, missing, and filled teeth index was 23.74 (17.44 missing teeth, on average) and majorities had tongue biofilm (71.79%) and unsatisfactory oral hygiene during their time in hospital (84.62%).<br> <b>CONCLUSION:</b> The oral status of hospitalized geriatric patients was characterized by poor hygiene and edentulism.</p>