ArticleThe journal of nutrition, health & aging2014
Nutritional status in chronically-ill elderly patients. Is it related to quality of life?
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- Ageing rate of older adults affects the factors associated with, and the determinants of malnutrition in the community: a systematic review and narrative synthesis.BMC geriatrics · 2021Pooled it
- Tailored nutritional guidance for home-dwelling AD families: the Feasibility of and Elements Promoting Positive Changes in Diet (NuAD-Trial).The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2015Trial
- Key Factors and AI-Based Risk Prediction of Malnutrition in Hospitalized Older Women.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Quality of Life and Nutritional Status of the Geriatric Population of the South-Central Part of Nepal.Journal of nutrition and metabolism · 2021Article
- Nutritional Risk and Quality of Life in Community-Dwelling Elderly: A Cross-Sectional Study.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe aim of this study is to assess the quality of life in chronically-ill elderly patients and its relationship with parameters concerning the patients' nutritional status.
designA cross-sectional study.
settingPrimary health-care centres in Jaen, Spain.
participantsA total of 168 chronically-ill elderly outpatients aged from 65 to 89 years. MEASUREMENTS: Quality of life was measured using the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF) questionnaire. A nutritional assessment was undertaken including socio-demographic variables, anthropometric measurements (body-mass index and calf circumference), functional evaluation (Barthel index and Folstein mini-mental status test) and a dietetic questionnaire. The mini-nutritional assessment test was used as an assessment tool to detect nutritional risk.
resultsQuality of life in chronically-ill elderly subjects, as determined by the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire, which diminishes with age, is independent of anthropometric parameters and a statistically significant difference was found between gender, socio-demographic characteristics, functional capacity, nutritional status and the kind of chronic disease (p<0.05).
conclusionThe relationship between the quality of life with the patients' socio-demographic characteristics, functional capacity and nutritional status underlines the importance of taking these factors into account in the management of chronically ill patients, especially women.
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