Oral health conditions linked with prevalence of depressive disorders in elderly: study

A group of researchers conducted a study to map and discuss scientific knowledge involving the research object Oral health conditions and depression in institutionalized old people. The researchers conducted a scope review of the literature mapping type. The mapping of the selected data was done using the data systematization technique through the Summative Content Analysis from the perspective of Manifest Themes in the texts. After the exclusions, 27 articles were selected.

The Results of the study are as follows:

With the analysis of the articles, it was possible to divide them into two themes. All continents have publications on the topic. Regarding its methodology, a lot of research with the design of deductive studies was carried out and few types of research were developed with inductive methods.

Thus, the researcher concluded that the present study identified that there is a communication between some oral health conditions (xerostomia and tooth loss) and the prevalence of depressive disorders in institutionalized old people.

Reference:

Institutionalized old people, depressive disorders, and dental issues: what is the state of the art? By Luiza Guilhermina de Oliveira Lopes et al. published in the Revista brasileira de geriatria e gerontologia.

https://doi.org/10.1590/1981-22562021024.200351