The Association Between Oral Health and General Health and Quality of Life in Older Male Cancer Patients

Ingram, Sally S.; Seo, Pearl H.; Sloane, Richard; Francis, Thomas; Clipp, Elizabeth C.; Doyle, Martha E.; Montana, Gustavo S.; Cohen, Harvey Jay

doi:10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53452.x

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“…Having medical diagnoses and being on medication emerged as important determinants for OHRQoL in the present study, verifying the findings in some earlier studies [16,17]. The impairing effects of diseases and medication in the oral cavity, with the most outstanding symptom xerostomia, might be the reason [6Á12].…”

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confidence: 92%

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Oral impacts on daily performances: Associations with self-reported general health and medication

Östberg

Andersson

Hakeberg

2009

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

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“…Medically compromised old people have been shown to experience lower oral healthrelated quality of life (OHRQoL) [16], as have cancer patients [17]. Oral health problems, such as xerostomia, have negative effects on the OHRQoL in both old and young subjects [18,19].…”

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Oral impacts on daily performances: Associations with self-reported general health and medication

Östberg

Andersson

Hakeberg

2009

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

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“…Other studies of older adults with and without cancer have shown similar patterns . The 2 scales with the biggest score deficits between cancer survivors and individuals without a history of cancer were Physical Functioning and Role–Physical, and these findings have been demonstrated in other studies of older cancer survivors …”

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Health‐related quality of life in older adult survivors of selected cancers: Data from the SEER‐MHOS linkage

Kent

Ambs

Mitchell

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Background Research on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among older adult cancer survivors is mostly confined to breast, prostate, colorectal, and lung cancer, which account for 63% of all prevalent cancers. Much less is known about HRQOL in the context of less common cancer sites. Methods We examined HRQOL using the Short-Form-36 v1 (SF-36) and Veterans RAND 12-Item Health Survey (VR-12) in selected cancers (kidney, bladder, pancreas, upper gastrointestinal, oral cavity & pharynx, uterine, cervical, thyroid, melanoma, chronic leukemia, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and multiple myeloma) and individuals without cancer using data linked from the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) cancer registry system and the Medicare Health Outcomes Survey (MHOS). We calculated scale scores, physical and mental component summary (PCS and MCS) scores, and a preference-based score (SF-6D/ VR-6D) adjusted for socio-demographic characteristics and other chronic conditions. We considered a 3-point difference on the scale scores and a 2-point on PCS/MCS as minimally important differences. Results Data from 16,095 cancer survivors and 1,224,529 individuals without a history of cancer were included. Results indicate noteworthy deficits in physical health status. Mental health was comparable, although role limitations due to emotional problems and social functioning scale scores were worse for most cancer sites than for those without cancer. Survivors of multiple myeloma and pancreatic malignancy reported the lowest scores, with PCS/MCS scores 1 standard deviation or more below that of individuals without cancer. Conclusion HRQOL surveillance efforts reveal poor health outcomes among many older adults, specifically survivors of multiple myeloma and pancreatic cancer.

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“…In particular, the group did a literature review on health promotion programmes for residents in long‐term care, and focused on the main ideas presented in three specific papers: Ingram et al. 21 , Padilha et al. 22 and Schou et al.…”

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Undergraduate geriatric education through community service learning

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Undergraduate geriatric education through community service learning Introduction: Despite the exponential growth of the elderly population worldwide, geriatric education has been a formal component of only a few dental schools' curricula. Objective: To describe the geriatric community service learning (CSL) component of the professionalism and community service (PACS) module, and to explore a CSL project carried out by a group of first year dental students at a long-term care facility. Methods: A literature review was performed to present and describe the CSL component of the PACS module. Students' personal reflections were used to illustrate some of the joys and challenges of experiencing a long-term care facility environment. Results: The newly developed PACS module combines community service learning with the long-term care experience. Students develop, apply and evaluate an educational health promotion activity in a longterm care facility. Conclusions: The PACS module has encouraged students to acquire comprehensive knowledge and awareness of the needs and dynamics of a long-term care as they collaboratively interacted with personnel from the facility to develop their projects. The authors would like to engage other schools in discussing the need to integrate community-based geriatric education into their dental curricula.

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The Association Between Oral Health and General Health and Quality of Life in Older Male Cancer Patients

Abstract: Older male cancer patients with mouth or tooth problems making it hard to eat are more likely to have a lower QoL, poorer emotional health, lower levels of physical functioning, and greater pain than patients without these problems.

Cited by 31 publications

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Oral impacts on daily performances: Associations with self-reported general health and medication

Oral impacts on daily performances: Associations with self-reported general health and medication

Health‐related quality of life in older adult survivors of selected cancers: Data from the SEER‐MHOS linkage

Undergraduate geriatric education through community service learning

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