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

BMC Oral Health

Table 3 Evaluation of the predictive value of each influencing factor on the occurrence of OF

Item	Accuracy	Sensitivity	Specificity	AUC	95%CI
Age	0.612	0.632	0.633	0.611	0.532 ~ 0.651
Sex	0.611	0.643	0.731	0.696	0.581 ~ 0.726
Standard of culture	0.631	0.731	0.687	0.595	0.553 ~ 0.642
Physical frailty score	0.812	0.843	0.844	0.751	0.683 ~ 0.862
Physical weakness period	0.641	0.674	0.712	0.592	0.527 ~ 0.634
Number of dentures	0.731	0.734	0.755	0.591	0.513 ~ 0.612
Xerostomia	0.812	0.835	0.851	0.589	0.553 ~ 0.731
Subjective chewing difficulty	0.873	0.874	0.831	0.765	0.655 ~ 0.831
Oral Health Score	0.723	0.745	0.752	0.591	0.541 ~ 0.632
Sleep Quality	0.789	0.791	0.812	0.736	0.652 ~ 0.781

OF Oral frailty, PPV Positive predictive value, NPV Negative predictive value OF occurrence: having an OF score of 4 or higher. 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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