ArticleIranian journal of public health2018
Assessment of Malnutrition in Community-dwelling Elderly People: Cooperation among General Practitioners and Public Health.
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- Nutritional assessment and factors associated with malnutrition among the elderly population of Nepal: a cross-sectional study.BMC research notes · 2019Article
- Dietary Intake of Vitamin D and Its Relation with Blood Pressure in the Elderly Population.International journal of preventive medicine · 2019Article
- The Nutrition Knowledge of Croatian General Practitioners.Journal of clinical medicine · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundMalnutrition, a very common condition in the elderly, is known to increase their vulnerability to adverse health events. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of malnutrition in the over 75-yr-old community-dwelling population in the "Chiavarese" Local Health Unit district (North West Italy).
methodsThe short version of the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA-SF) was used by General Practitioners (GP) as a screening tool to investigate the nutritional status of elderly people (1039 subjects). The study was conducted in 2012-2013 in the Local Health Unit of Chiavari (Liguria Region), Italy. The malnutrition was subsequently confirmed by means of biochemical parameters. Subjects at risk of malnutrition or malnourished (n=22) received personalized dietary counseling by the GP.
resultsThe MNA-SF recognized 21% of the elderly people being at risk of malnutrition and biochemical tests confirmed a malnutrition prevalence of 3.5%. The dietary counseling improved the MNA-SF score and biochemical parameters, but the difference was statistically significant only for the MNA-SF score (
conclusionMalnutrition can be evaluated with a simple tool such as the MNA-SF, recognized at the earliest stage and successfully treated by the GP.
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