老年人口腔衰弱患病率的 Meta 分析

BackgroundPopulation aging has heightenedraising concerns about elderly health. Oral frailtya novel frailty phenotype in the elderlydirectly impacts the quality of life. A thorough grasp of oral frailty's prevalence in the elderly is crucial for formulating effective preventive and interventional strategies. ObjectiveTo systematically evaluate the prevalence of oral frailty in the elderly. MethodsThe CNKIWanfang DataVIPCBMPubMedWeb of ScienceEmbaseCINAHL and Cochrane Library databases were searched for literature related to the study purpose with a time limit of the construction of the database to 19 April 2024. Literature was independently screenedinformation extracted and quality assessed by 2 researchers and Meta-analysis was performed using Stata 14.0 software. ResultsA total of 19 cross-sectional studies were includedwith a total sample size of 11 776 cases and a risk of bias quality score of 6-9all of which were of moderate or high quality. Metaanalysis showed that the prevalence of oral frailty in elderly people was 29.5%95%CI=24.1%-35.2%and the prevalence of pre-oral frailty was 47.9%95%CI=40.5%-55.4%. Subgroup analyses showed that the progressive increase in the prevalence of oral frailty in the elderly with advancing age. Higher prevalence rates of oral frailty were observed in individuals screened using the Oral Frailty Index-8Chinese elderlyelderly femalesresidents of medical and nursing care facilitiesthose withouta spouseliving alonesmokersand elderly individuals with primary school education or lowerP<0.05. ConclusionThe prevalence of oral frailty is high in the elderlywarranting particular attention to the oral health status of elderly individuals in China who are advanced in agefemaleresiding in medical and nursing care facilitiesliving alone without a spouse smokersand have lower educational levels.