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Assessment of the oral hygiene of institutionalized elderly people: reflections...
Cunha, Élida de Sousa; Franco, Eric Jacomino; Gomes, Lucy Oliveira; Silva, Henrique Salmazo; Miranda, Alexandre FrancoThis study investigated and described the oral hygiene condition of the elderly people living at a nursing home in a city of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Cross, descriptive and quantitative study. Most of the assessed elderly people were edentulous, not making use of dental prosthesis, and showing a subclinical coating on the dorsum of the tongue. The collected data reinforce the necessity of improving ...
Cognitive profile and associations among very old adults in an outpatient setti...
Silva, Henrique Salmazo; Chariglione, Isabelle Patriciá Freitas Soares; Oliveira, Maria Liz Cunha de; Gomes, Lucy de Oliveira; Moraes, Clayton FrancoThe aim was to investigate associations between the cognitive decline of very old adults in outpatient settings and sociodemographic variables, functional performance, chronic diseases, number of hospitalizations and access to health services. Very old adults (80 years and over) residing in the Federal District were interviewed, evaluated in an outpatient setting by means of standardized questionnaires and the ...