Trial reportPloS one2017
Nutritional assessment of community-dwelling older adults in rural Nepal.
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- Nutrition literacy assessment in older adults: a scoping review of measurement tools.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Pooled it
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- Adult Children's Migration and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Older Nepali Adults.Journal of cross-cultural gerontology · 2024Article
- Elderly Patients at Risk of Malnutrition Presenting to a Tertiary Hospital in Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study.JNMA; journal of the Nepal Medical Association · 2024Article
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- Comparing the validity of anthropometric measurements in identifying malnutrition status of older age people in Borena district, North Central Ethiopia: a cross_sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Determinants of Undernutrition and Associated Factors of Low Muscle Mass and High Fat Mass among Older Men and Women in the Colombo District of Sri Lanka.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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- The Mini Nutritional Assessment tool's applicability for the elderly in Ethiopia: validation study.PeerJ · 2022Article
- Factors associated with the nutritional status of the older population in a selected area of Dhaka, Bangladesh.BMC geriatrics · 2021Article
- Prevalence of Malnutrition among Elderly People Living in a Rural Area of Nepal.JNMA; journal of the Nepal Medical Association · 2021Article
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- Quality of Life and Nutritional Status of the Geriatric Population of the South-Central Part of Nepal.Journal of nutrition and metabolism · 2021Article
- Nutritional Assessment in Older Adults : MNA® 25 years of a Screening Tool and a Reference Standard for Care and Research; What Next?The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2021Article
- Application of single-level and multi-level modeling approach to examine geographic and socioeconomic variation in underweight, overweight and obesity in Nepal: findings from NDHS 2016.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Food insecurity among senior citizens in high out-migration areas: evidence from Western Nepal.BMC nutrition · 2020Article
- Noncommunicable disease risk factors among older adults aged 60-69 years in Nepal: findings from the STEPS survey 2013.Journal of human hypertension · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundDemographic transition in Nepal, like in many developing countries, has resulted in a burgeoning elderly population whose health status is not currently monitored. One pillar of health is adequate nutrition. Yet, little is known about the nutritional health status of the elderly in Nepal. The financial, material, and personnel limitations in Nepal's health delivery services necessitate health screening instruments that require minimal clinical staff and resources. To our knowledge, no such nutritional assessment tool has been validated in Nepal. Therefore, our aims are two-fold: To assess the nutritional status of the elderly population in one typical Nepali village, Okharpauwa, in Nuwakot District, Nepal; and concurrently, to validate the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) tool.
methodsA cross-sectional field study was conducted with a sample of 242 elderly people in Okharpauwa, Nepal to obtain prevalence of malnutrition. Differences in demographic and lifestyle factors between these who were malnourished, those at risk of malnourishment, and those who had adequate nutritional status were analyzed. The MNA tool was evaluated using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis; sensitivity, specificity, and diagnostic accuracy were calculated.
results111 males and 131 females, with a mean age of 69.8±7.4 years, participated in this study. The mean BMI of the participants was 21.4±3.9 kg/m2; the mean MNA score was 19.3±4.2. BMI was significantly correlated with the total MNA score (r = 0.58; p<0.001). The diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity and specificity of MNA were 81%, 86% and 67% respectively. Of the 242 elderly sampled, 24% were malnourished and 65% were at risk of malnutrition. Malnutrition was more prevalent among females (29%) than males (18%), and most prevalent among the marginalized Dalit ethnic group (40%). Elderly persons who were married and literate had better nutritional health than their counterparts.
conclusionsThe MNA appears to be a valid and sensitive tool for rapid nutritional screening of the elderly in Nepal. The prevalence of malnutrition was high among Nepalese elderly in the Okharpauwa VDC, which requires urgent health monitoring and management attention.
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