Jason A Mendoza, Wren Haaland, Maya Jacobs, Mark Abbey-Lambertz, Josh Miller, Deb Salls, Winifred Todd, Rachel Madding, Katherine Ellis, Jacqueline Kerr
Bicycle Trains, Cycling, and Physical Activity: A Pilot Cluster RCT
American journal of preventive medicine
selfcare improve overall oral health however studies investigated communitydwelling older adults oral frailty capability opportunity motivation behaviour comb model may appropriate framework identify factors affect selfcare ability purpose study investigate current status factors influencing selfcare ability communitydwelling older adults living oral frailty analyse risk factors low selfcare ability two hundred seventyfive communitydwelling older adults oral frailty participated crosssectional study october 2022 march 2023 participants underwent evaluations oral health knowledge behaviour oral health literacy nutritional condition social support oral healthrelated quality life selfefficacy selfcare ability using questionnaires selfcare ability older adults assessed using chinese version selfcare ability scale elderly sase influencing factors evaluated singlefactor analysis correlation analysis multifactor analysis furthermore conducted additional analysis wherein selfcare ability analysed categorical variable participants sase score 6243 733 7309 inadequate selfcare ability positive correlation level selfcare ability variable p 001 multiple linear regression showed health literacy p 001 age p 001 nutritional condition p 001 gender p 003 quality life p 014 selfefficacy p 040 significantly associated decreased selfcare ability r2 0444 f 19241 binomial logistic regression analysis showed gender educational level nutritional condition oral health literacy quality life p005 risk factors developing low levels selfcare ability study suggests health literacy age nutritional condition quality life gender selfefficacy important factors influence selfcare ability communitydwelling older adults living oral frailty