Oral health-related quality of life · Adolescents (10-19 years)
The abstract reports older age is associated with worse OHRQoL, but the body notes the evidence on age is limited and conflicting (narrative synthesis; no pooled estimate or GRADE rating).
2 findings from 1 review
Oral-health-related quality of life in adolescents: umbrella review. 2023 All outcomesCommunity/school/clinic settings; adolescents 10-19 years; included reviews conducted in multiple countries
Worse oral health status, older age, female sex and worse socioeconomic status were significantly associated with worse OHRQoL. [Body: the influence of religion and age on OHRQoL is unknown; Biological data such as…
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Dental caries · School children aged 11-17 years in Sharjah
Older age was associated with higher DMFT.
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Caries experience (mean DMFT) · Adults aged 19-60 years
Studies of older adults (mean age >33.4 years) had higher pooled DMFT than younger adults, but the age to DMFT meta-regression was not statistically significant; ungraded observational evidence.
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Early childhood caries (ECC) · Children aged 0-5 years in North Africa
Age 48-59 months was associated with higher odds of ECC (OR 2.602).
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OR 2.602 [1.122, 2.302]
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GRADE not reported
OR 2.845 [1.128, 2.072]
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GRADE not reported
Determinants of oral diseases · Adult residents of slums and non-slum urban settings of LMICs
Age, education, income, oral-hygiene behaviour, dental-visit pattern and slum/disadvantaged residence are associated with oral disease; gender effects are disease-specific; ungraded.
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Fourteen studies reported determinants: older age, less education, lower income, poor oral hygiene behaviour (brushing frequency, technique), infrequent dental visits and disadvantaged/slum residential setting were…
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All‐cause mortality · people aged 65 years and older living with frailty
Case management for integrated care showed no clear difference in mortality compared with usual care of older people living with frailty (low certainty).
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Change in place of residence to a nursing or residential home · people aged 65 years and older living with frailty
Case management for integrated care showed no clear difference in change in place of residence to a nursing or residential home compared with usual care of older people living with frailty (low certainty).
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Quality of life · people aged 65 years and older living with frailty
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Serious adverse effects · people aged 65 years and older living with frailty
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Physical function · people aged 65 years and older living with frailty
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Change in healthcare utilisation (hospital admissions) · people aged 65 years and older living with frailty
Case management for integrated care showed no clear difference in change in healthcare utilisation (hospital admissions) compared with usual care of older people living with frailty (moderate certainty).
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Change in costs · people aged 65 years and older living with frailty
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Death from any cause · patients requiring blood transfusion (children with malaria and adults with a traumatic injury)
It is very uncertain whether long‐stored ('older') PRBC (≥ 21 days of storage) changes death from any cause compared with short‐stored (fresh) PRBC (< 21 days of storage) (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Transfusion‐related acute lung injury ‐ not measured · patients requiring blood transfusion (children with malaria and adults with a traumatic injury)
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
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Postoperative infections ‐ not measured · patients requiring blood transfusion (children with malaria and adults with a traumatic injury)
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
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Post‐injury coagulopathy ‐ not measured · patients requiring blood transfusion (children with malaria and adults with a traumatic injury)
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
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Multiple organ failure post‐injury ‐ not measured · patients requiring blood transfusion (children with malaria and adults with a traumatic injury)
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
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Adverse event (Hyperkalaemia) ‐ not measured · patients requiring blood transfusion (children with malaria and adults with a traumatic injury)
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
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Adverse event (Metabolic acidosis) · patients requiring blood transfusion (children with malaria and adults with a traumatic injury)
1 finding from 1 review
Patient Activation Measure (PAM) · older patients with multi‐morbidity
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