Objectives:The relationship between eating and swallowing function,and lifestyle among community-dwelling elderly people has not been extensively *** study aimed to analyze the characteristics of eating and swallowing...
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Objectives:The relationship between eating and swallowing function,and lifestyle among community-dwelling elderly people has not been extensively *** study aimed to analyze the characteristics of eating and swallowing function and their association with the lifestyle among the ***:A self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted on 419 elderly people who participated in the oral function improvement project operated by the Community Comprehensive Support Center.A total of 288 valid responses(58 males,230 females,average age 73.6 years)were *** survey items included basic demographics,health status,lifestyle,and eating and swallowing *** chi-square(χ2)test was used to compare for a difference in the risk of ***:72 patients(25.0%)were judged to be at risk for dysphagia,and 216(75.0%)were judged to be not at risk for dysphagia using the revised dysphagia risk assessment *** mean score for oral preparatory dysphagia was the highest,while the mean score for pharyngeal dysphagia was the *** group at risk of dysphagia had significant difficulty in chewing and had bad sleep quality as compared to the group that was not at ***:Concerning the risk of dysphagia,there is a need to maintain and improve masticatory *** addition,improving the swallowing function of the elderly may prevent insomnia and improve sleep quality.
AIM:To study how lymph node metastasis(LNM) risk is stratified in undifferentiated-type early gastric cancer(undiff-EGC) dependent on combinations of risk ***:Five hundred and sixty-seven cases with undiff-EGC undergo...
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AIM:To study how lymph node metastasis(LNM) risk is stratified in undifferentiated-type early gastric cancer(undiff-EGC) dependent on combinations of risk ***:Five hundred and sixty-seven cases with undiff-EGC undergoing gastrectomy with lymphadenectomy were examined *** clinicopathological factors of patient age,location,size,an endoscopic macroscopic tumor form,ulceration,depth,histology,lymphatic involvement(LI) and venous involvement(VI),LNM risk was examined and stratified by conventional statistical analysis and datamining ***:LNM was positive in 44 of 567 cases(7.8%).Univariate analysis revealed > 2 cm,protrusion,submucosal(sm),mixed type,LI and VI as significant prognostic factors and > 2 cm and LI-positive were independent factors by multivariate *** preoperatively evaluable factors excluding LVI,sm and > 2 cm were independent *** to the depth and size,cases were categorized into the low-risk group [m and ≤ 2 cm,0%(LNM incidence)],the moderaterisk group(m and > 2 cm,5.6%; and sm and ≤ 2 cm,6.0%),and the high-risk group(sm and > 2 cm,19.3%).On the other hand,LNM occurred in 1.4% in all LI-negative cases,greatly lower than 28.2% in all LI-positive cases,and LNM incidence was low in LInegative cases even in the moderate- and high-risk ***:LNM-related factors in undiff-EGC were depth and size preoperatively while those were LI and size *** these factors,LI was the most significantly correlated factor.
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