Relationship between Tongue Pressure and Malnutrition in the Institutionalized Elderly

• Kodama Miho

  Clinic for speech and swallowing disorders, The Nippon Dental University Hospital at Tokyo

• Kikutani Takeshi

  Clinic for speech and swallowing disorders, The Nippon Dental University Hospital at Tokyo

• Yoshida Mitsuyoshi

  Department of Removable Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Hiroshima University

• Inaba Shigeru

  Division of General Dentistry, The Nippon Dental University Hospital at Tokyo

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 施設入所高齢者にみられる低栄養と舌圧との関係

Abstract

A number of institutionalized or hospitalized elderly have suffered from protein-energy malnutrition (PEM). Also, many elderly have lost many teeth and have impaired oral functions. However, the relation-ship between PEM and oral health is discussed here because previous studies have only focused on the number of teeth and the occlusion, and have not taken the tongue function, which plays an important role in oropharyngeal swallowing, into consideration. In this study, we evaluated the tongue pressure using our new handy device and compared the value of the PEM risk group and control group, defined as 3.5g/dl serum albumin or 5% loss of body weight. Sex and mean age was not significant between 27 subjects of the PEM risk group and 56 of the control group.<BR>The results obtained were as follows: <BR>1) The number of teeth and occlusional status were not significantly different between the PEM risk and control groups.<BR>2) The tongue pressure values were significantly different between these two groups (p<0.05).<BR>3) The mean scores of the Barthel index were significantly different between the two groups (p<0.05).<BR>These results suggested that in the institutionalized elderly the tongue pressure was associated with nutritional status. They may reflect the same aging effect as sarcopenia.

Journal

• Ronen Shika Igaku

  Ronen Shika Igaku 19 (3), 161-168, 2004

  Japanese Society of Gerodontology

Keywords

• tongue pressure
• protein-energy malnutrition
• serum albumin
• institutionalized elderly
• tongue movement function

Details

• CRID: 1390282679308026880
• NII Article ID: 130004300848
• NII Article ID: 10014092007
• NII Book ID: AN10023520
• DOI: 10.11259/jsg1987.19.161
• ISSN: 18847323
• ISSN: 09143866
• Web Site: https://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/2005119344
• Text Lang: ja
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