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<journal-id>1608-8921</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Gaceta Médica Espirituana]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Gac Méd Espirit]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1608-8921</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Sancti Spíritus]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1608-89212018000300024</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Xerostomía en la población geriátrica del municipio Marianao. 2017]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Xerostomia in Marianao municipality geriatric population in 2017]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pérez Fuentes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Maydel]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bravo Seijas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Beatriz]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de la Habana Facultad de Estomatología Raúl González Sánchez ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de la Habana Facultad Finlay-Albarran ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>20</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>24</fpage>
<lpage>33</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1608-89212018000300024&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1608-89212018000300024&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1608-89212018000300024&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Fundamentación:  La xerostomía es un problema de salud en una parte de la población geriátrica y se observa a nivel mundial una tendencia a su aumento en países en desarrollo.  Objetivo: Caracterizar el comportamiento de la xerostomía en la población geriátrica, pertenecientes a la casa comunidad del adulto mayor del municipio Marianao.  Metodología: Estudio descriptivo y transversal en 59 pacientes pertenecientes a la casa comunidad del adulto mayor. Las variables utilizadas fueron: edad, sexo, secreción salival, consumo de fármacos y enfermedades bucales.  Resultados:  El 93.2 % de la población correspondió al sexo femenino, la edad más afectada fue entre 70 y 79 años (30.5 %), los medicamentos más consumidos fueron los antihipertensivos (55.3 %) y los diuréticos (35.7 %), el 40.6 % de los pacientes que presentaron xerostomía padecen de disfunción masticatoria.  Conclusiones:  Predominó el sexo femenino con xerostomía y el grupo de estudio está mayormente expuesto a la polifarmacia, reduciendo el flujo salival e incidiendo en la disfunción masticatoria.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Background:  Xerostomia is a health problem in a part of the geriatric population, at present, there is a worldwide tendency to increase it in developing countries.  Objective:  To characterize the behavior of the xerostomia in the geriatric population, at the Aged Community House in Marianao municipality.  Methodology:  Descriptive and cross-sectional study in 59 patients belonging to the aged home community. The variables used were: age, sex, salivary secretion, drug consumption and oral diseases.  Results:  93.2% of the population corresponded to the female sex, the most affected age was between 70 and 79 years (30.5%), the most consumed drugs were the antihypertensive drugs (55.3%) and diuretics (35.7%), 40.6% of patients who presented xerostomia suffer from masticatory dysfunction.  Conclusions:  The female sex predominated with xerostomia and the study group is mostly exposed to polypharmacy, reducing the salivary flow and affecting the masticatory dysfunction.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Xerostomia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[aged]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[elderly]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[geriatric patient]]></kwd>
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