The survey tools between older persons’ nutrition and frailty risk and chewing and swallowing disorders - a community survey of Tainan City at Taiwan
The chewing function scale and EAT-10 provide an efficient means of screening for malnutrition and frailty risk in community settings. Incorporating the GDS-15 further enhances predictive accuracy, supporting frontline public health workers in timely interventions, health education, and risk management.
Authors
- Chia-Jen Teng
- Shu-Chuan Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6789-7727)
- Pei‐Shan Ho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0860-1690)
- Wan-CI Huang
- Shun Su (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4028-9016)
- Tsuey-fong Li
Institutions
- Kaohsiung Medical University (TW)
- Taichung City Government (TW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Oral Health
- Published
- 2025-11-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-025-07239-w
- Primary Topic
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00