An analysis of influencing factors of oral frailty in the elderly in the community

BMC Oral Health

Table 2 Regression model of influencing factors of OF score

Variable	Standard error	Partial regression coefficient	Standardized Partial Regression Coefficient	P value	95%CI	VIF
Constant	14.614	-	-	< 0.05	-	-
Age	1.380	0.336	0.236	< 0.05	0.235 ~ 0.422	2.158
Sex	1.231	0.431	0.301	< 0.05	0.235 ~ 0.422	1.491
Standard of culture	1.068	0.276	0.193	< 0.05	0.165 ~ 0.361	1.408
Physical frailty score	0.090	0.518	0.362	< 0.05	0.457 ~ 0.713	2.432
Physical weakness period	0.183	0.183	0.128	< 0.05	0.112 ~ 0.223	2.594
Number of dentures	1.727	0.389	0.272	< 0.05	0.236 ~ 0.531	1.948
Xerostomia	1.333	0.517	0.361	< 0.05	0.421 ~ 0.712	1.727
Subjective chewing difficulty	1.318	0.640	0.447	< 0.05	0.532 ~ 0.716	1.208
Oral Health Score	1.975	0.245	0.171	< 0.05	0.215 ~ 0.334	1.454
Sleep Quality	1.354	0.483	0.337	< 0.05	0.362 ~ 0.533	1.586

R = 0.876, R2 = 0.767, adjust R2 = 0.712, F = 434.73, P < 0.05 OF oral frailty, VIF variance inflation factor Age: the age of the elderly in years Sex: 1 for man, 2 for woman Standard of culture: the highest level of education attained by the elderly, 1 for bachelor degree and above, 2 for college for professional training, 3 for secondary / high school, 4 for junior high school and below Physical frailty score: the score of the FRAIL scale, ranging from 0 to 5 Physical weakness period: the stage of physical frailty according to the FRAIL scale, 1 for physical weakness period, 2 for early stage of physical frailty, 3 for no physical frailty Number of dentures: the number of dentures worn by the elderly Xerostomia: whether the elderly have dry mouth symptoms, 1 for yes, 2 for no Subjective chewing difficulty: whether the elderly feel harder to eat hard food than half a year ago, 1 for yes, 2 for no Oral Health Score: the score of the OHAT, ranging from 0 to 16 Sleep Quality: the score of the PSQI, 1 for worse, 2 for general, 3 for good Data source: This table is based on the data collected from 380 community-dwelling elderly people in Yangjiang City, Guangdong Province, China, from September to November 2023

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