Journal of Nutrition & Food Sciences
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Department of Health Sciences, Ningbo College of Health Sciences, Ningbo, China

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• Research Article   
  Analyzing the Influencing Factors on Quality of Life of Older People with Swallowing Dysfunction in Nursing Homes in China
  Author(s): Qianru Li, Laiyou Li, Ning Sun*, Hongyin Wang, Shuangqin Chen, Hongyu Li and Shuang Yang
  
  Objective: To investigate the prevalence of dysphagia among the older adult population in nursing homes and unravel the relevant factors that precipitate quality of life of the older adults with swallowing dysfunction in nursing homes. Methods: Based on 102 individual’s aged 50 years or older, with dysphagia, and who were admitted in community nursing home, we examined the demographic characteristic, the nutritional indices and the possible quality of life related variables through a cross-sectional study. Results: The reliability and validity of the C-DHI scale were proven high. The incidence of swallowing disorder risk in the older adult population of care institutions is 90.2%, and the incidence of nutrition risk and malnutrition is 67.64%. The general linear regression results show that the standard regre.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2155-9600.23.13.024

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