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Date: 15/01/2011 13:35
Factors influencing eating ability of old in-patients in a rehabilitation hospital in Japan.pdf | #post311 | BY
Takahiro Ono1, Kazuhiro Hori, Kazunori Ikebe1, Takashi Nokubi, Shotaro Nago, Isami Kumakura
Department of Oromaxillofacial Regeneration, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry;
Rehabilitation Unit, Hashimoto Hospital,
Kagawa, Japan; Department of Sensory Science, Faculty of Medical Profession, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare
Objectives: This study was designed to determine the factors influencing eating ability of old in-patients
in a rehabilitation hospital. Design: Cross-sectional investigation. Setting: Forty-six in-patients in the
rehabilitation ward of Hashimoto Hospital in Kagawa Prefecture in Japan were investigated using a multi-
disciplinary approach. Main outcome measures: Age, gender, state of dentition, muscle activity of lip,
cheek and tongue, biting force, salivary flow rate per a minute (SFR), masticatory ability for gummy jelly,
swallowing ability, texture of meal, independency of walking (Functional Independence Measure=FIM)
and ability to communicate. Results: Bivariate analysis for the relationship between surveyed items and
masticatory ability (chi-square test) identified that better masticatory ability for gummy jelly was associated..................................
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