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Table 1 Characteristics of residents audited

From: An integrated oral health program for rural residential aged care facilities: a mixed methods comparative study

 

With Integrated Model

Without Integrated model

Number of aged care beds availablea

129

171

Average Age of all residents

77.09 (34–101)

82.4 (44–97)

Gender

 Male

53 (48%)

45 (32%)

 Female

58 (52%)

96 (68%)

MMSE Scoreb

  > 25

13 (12%)

33 (23%)

  < 25

98 (88%)

108 (77%)

  1. a Not all facility beds were full at time of audit
  2. b A score < 25 indicated cognitive impairment on screen