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. 2023 Dec 22:16:4181-4192.
doi: 10.2147/JMDH.S442439. eCollection 2023.

Oral Health Assessment Tools for Elderly Adults: A Scoping Review

Heng Yang  1 , Jiechenming Xiao  2 , Shaomei Cui  1 , Liyan Zhang  1 , Lixia Chen  1
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Oral Health Assessment Tools for Elderly Adults: A Scoping Review

Heng Yang et al. J Multidiscip Healthc. .

Abstract

Purpose: The aim of this study was to synthesize the Oral Health Assessment Tool for elderly adults and determine its psychosocial properties.

Methods: We conducted a scoping review. The Arkey and O'Malley methodology was employed to conduct scoping reviews involving the exploration of both national and international databases, as well as a manual search of the reference lists of the selected studies. We focused on oral health assessment tools for elderly adults (>60 years). The review report adhered to the standards outlined in the PRISMA-ScR guidelines. The study protocol was officially filed with the Open Science Framework.

Results: A total of 19 documents were included. The literature search included a time frame ranging from 1995 to 2023 and covered a diverse range of 13 countries. Of the 19 assessment tools examined, it was found that only the Oral Assessment Sheet had multidimensional characteristics, while the remaining tools were unidimensional in nature. The evaluation of oral health assessment tools was conducted across several contexts, including nursing homes, geriatric facilities, communities, and hospitals. A total of eleven studies underwent reliability testing, whereas two studies were alone validated for validity and did not undergo reliability testing. Additionally, seven studies were exclusively validated for reliability and did not undergo validity testing.

Conclusion: Multidimensional oral health assessment tools for elderly adults that integrate social and psychological aspects need to be developed and validated. It is necessary to develop oral health assessment tools based on hospitalized elderly patients to meet the oral and dental health needs of elderly patients.

Keywords: assessment tools; elderly adults; oral health; reliability; scoping review; validity.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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