ArticlePublic health nutrition2016
Health determinants of nutritional status in community-dwelling older population: the VERISAÚDE study.
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- Malnutrition among community dwelling older adults in a rural block area of South India.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2020Article
- Prevalence of Malnutrition and Depression in Older Adults Living in Nursing Homes in Mexico City.Nutrients · 2020Article
- Nutrition assessment and geriatric associated conditions among community dwelling Iranian elderly people.BMC geriatrics · 2020Article
- Frailty in Older Adults Is Associated With Plasma Concentrations of Inflammatory Mediators but Not With Lymphocyte Subpopulations.Frontiers in immunology · 2018Article
- Nutritional Strategies Facing an Older Demographic: The Nutrition UP 65 Study Protocol.JMIR research protocols · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectiveMalnutrition is a common and relevant syndrome in elderly people due to its influence on quality of life. The main aim of the present study was to identify health determinants of malnutrition or risk of malnutrition.
designCross-sectional study collecting information on sociodemographic and health factors (co-morbidity, cognitive or affective problems, prescription medication use, frailty status, self-rated health) as determinants of nutritional status, assessed by the short form of the Mini Nutritional Assessment.
settingForty-three senior centres from Galicia (north-western Spain) participated to recruit participants. SUBJECTS: A representative community-dwelling sample of 749 elderly people aged ≥65 years.
resultsOf the total participants, 14·3 % were malnourished/at risk of malnutrition. Presence of overweight or obesity, depressive symptoms, polypharmacy (use of five or more prescription medications), presence of pre-frailty or frailty status and poor self-rated health showed the strongest relationship to malnutrition/risk of malnutrition. This model predicted 86·0 % of the cases correctly. The best determinants for women were polypharmacy and poor self-rated health, reaching 82·8 % of cases of malnourishment/risk of malnutrition predicted correctly. In men, the main determinants were overweight or obesity, depressive symptomatology and polypharmacy, with 89·8 % of cases of malnourishmen/risk of malnutrition predicted correctly.
conclusionsScreening for nutritional status and its determinant factors should be included as part of comprehensive assessments to ensure an early screening of malnutrition and to propose possible intervention strategies that would be important for both elderly people and the health-care system.
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