Improvement of taste sensitivity of the nursed elderly by oral care.
Improvement of taste sensitivity of the nursed elderly by oral care.
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口腔护理提高护理老年人味觉敏感性
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2003
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通讯作者：
K. Sugimoto
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作者：
T. Ohno;H. Uematsu;S. Nozaki;K. Sugimoto
口腔护理对提高生活质量（QOL）至关重要。口腔护理的目的不仅包括维护口腔健康，还包括通过改善味觉敏感性来增强咀嚼和食欲。然而，很少有研究调查口腔护理对味觉敏感性的影响。在本研究中，我们将重点放在口腔护理中的舌刷牙，并检查护理老年人轻度舌刷牙对味觉敏感性的变化。将90名64岁以上有交流能力的受试者分为2组，一组是护理组（受试者的舌头被刷），另一组是对照组（不刷但冲洗）。采用全口法测量了处理前后咸、酸、甜、苦四种主要味觉的阈值。实验组患者刷牙后对咸味和酸味的平均识别阈值显著降低，而对照组患者漱口后对四种味道的平均识别阈值均无变化。本研究结果提示，轻度刷舌可以提高老年人对咸、酸的味觉敏感性。
It has been suggested that oral care is essential for improving the quality of life (QOL). The aim of oral care involves not only maintenance of oral health but also enhancement of mastication and appetite by means of improving taste sensitivity. There are, however, few studies that have investigated the effect of oral care on taste sensitivity. In the present study, we focused on tongue brushing among oral care and examined the changes in taste sensitivities by mild tongue brushing in the nursed elderly. Ninety subjects, over 64 years old with ability to communicate, were divided into 2 groups, one was the cared group (subject's tongue was brushed) and the other was the control group (not brushed but rinsed). The thresholds for four primary tastes such as saltiness, sourness, sweetness and bitterness were measured before and after treatments using the whole mouth method. The mean recognition thresholds for salty and sour tastes significantly decreased after tongue brushing in the cared group, while those for all four tastes were not changed after mouth rinsing in the control group. The present result suggests that mild tongue brushing may enhance taste sensitivity of saltiness and sourness in the nursed elderly.
斯普拉格-道利大鼠一生中味觉阈值的变化。
影响因子：
3.5
作者：
Thaw,AK
通讯作者：
Thaw,AK