ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Aging and Public Health
This article is part of the Research TopicPrevention in Practice: Oral Health for Older AdultsView all articles
Development and Internal Validation of a Risk Prediction Model for Oral Frailty in Hospitalized Older Adults with Chronic Diseases
Provisionally accepted
Ming Zhang1,2*
Huan Liu3Xinyu Hu4
QingWei Liu5Ming Shao6Xiaohua Huang6Jingjing Luo3Shichang Fang3Xiubin Tao3Jiating Lin3*
Jun-kai Dou7Junzhuo Gu6- 1Wanna Medical College, Wuhu, China
- 2Key Laboratory of Philosophy and Social Science of Anhui Province on Adolescent Mental Health and Crisis intelligence Intervention, Hefei, China
- 3Yijishan Hospital of Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China
- 4The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wangnan Medical College, Wuhu, China
- 5Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China
- 6Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China
- 7Lu’an Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Lu'an, China
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This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and influencing factors of oral frailty, a significant geriatric syndrome, among hospitalized older adults with chronic diseases, and to develop a corresponding risk prediction model to facilitate early screening and intervention.
Keywords: factors, nomogram, older adults, Oral frailty, Risk prediction model
Received: 02 Oct 2025; Accepted: 02 Jan 2026.
Copyright: © 2026 Zhang, Liu, Hu, Liu, Shao, Huang, Luo, Fang, Tao, Lin, Dou and Gu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Ming Zhang
Jiating Lin
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