Exploratory Evaluation of the Oral Frailty 20-Item Checklist (OF-20) for Characterizing Multidimensional Vulnerability in Older Outpatients

Abstract

Background: Oral frailty is a multidimensional condition associated with physical frailty, malnutrition, and adverse health outcomes in older adults. Although the Oral Frailty 5-item checklist (OF-5) is useful for screening, its binary classification may not capture the heterogeneous patterns of oral functional decline.

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