Iwao-Kawamura Yoshimi, Shigeishi Hideo, Uchida Shino, Kawano Shirou, Maehara Tomoko, Sugiyama Masaru, Ohta Kouji
Department of Public Oral Health, Program of Oral Health Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8553, Japan.
Bungotakada City Council of Social Welfare, Bungotakada 872-1107, Japan.
Healthcare (Basel). 2021 Jun 11;9(6):719. doi: 10.3390/healthcare9060719.
The aim of this prospective cohort study was to clarify changes in physical and oral function in older adults after completing a 3-month health program combining physical and oral exercise, oral health instruction, and nutritional guidance.
Subjects were 34 women aged at least 70 years (mean age 79.2 years) in Bungotakada City, Oita Prefecture, Japan. Physical and oral function was investigated on the first day (baseline), at the end of the program, and 6 and 12 months after completing the health program. Physical function was measured using handgrip strength test, timed up and go (TUG) test and one-leg standing time test. Oral diadochokinesis test and repetitive saliva swallowing test (RSST) were employed to assess oral function.
TUG scores were significantly lower at 6 and 12 months than at baseline in participants aged ≥70 and <80 years. The repetition rate of the monosyllables , , and was improved at the end of program in participants aged ≥70 and <80 years and increased to more than 6 times/second at 12 months.
Our 3-month health program maintained improvements in oral and physical function in older women 1 year after completing the program.
这项前瞻性队列研究的目的是阐明老年人在完成一项为期3个月的健康计划后身体和口腔功能的变化，该计划包括体育和口腔锻炼、口腔健康指导以及营养指导。
研究对象为日本大分县丰后高田市34名年龄至少70岁（平均年龄79.2岁）的女性。在第一天（基线）、计划结束时、完成健康计划后的6个月和12个月对身体和口腔功能进行调查。使用握力测试、定时起立行走（TUG）测试和单腿站立时间测试来测量身体功能。采用口腔轮替运动速率测试和重复唾液吞咽测试（RSST）来评估口腔功能。
≥70岁且<80岁的参与者在6个月和12个月时的TUG得分显著低于基线水平。≥70岁且<80岁的参与者在计划结束时单音节、和的重复率有所提高，并在12个月时增加到每秒6次以上。
我们为期3个月的健康计划在完成计划1年后保持了老年女性口腔和身体功能的改善。
