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Table 4 Associations between leaving food at baseline assessment and oral symptoms at baseline, and cachexia on day of death and oral symptoms on day of death

From: Oral symptoms in dying nursing home patients. Results from the prospective REDIC study

 

Baseline

Day of death

 

Leaving > 25% of the food*

Cachexia**

Symptoms

OR CI P

OR CI P

Mastication

4.1 1.6–10.4 0.003

0.6 0.1–2.9 0.558

Dysphagia

4.1 1.7–10.1 0.002

2.3 1.0–5.0 0.038

Mouth pain

5.7 1.5–21.8 0.010

0.2 0.0-1.7 0.130

Xerostomia

N/A

7.4 2.6–21.0 <0.001

Halitosis

N/A

5.2 2.3–11.7 <0.001

  1. Associations are reported using crude Odds Ratio (OR), with a 95% CI.
  2. *Residents’ Assessment Instrument for nursing homes (RAI-NH), leaving 25% of the food (cachexia)
  3. **Residents’ Assessment Instrument for palliative care (RAI-PC)
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BMC Oral Health

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