ArticleThe journal of nutrition, health & aging2020
Nutritional Considerations in Frail Older Patients with COVID-19.
Article in The journal of nutrition, health & aging, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 58 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prevalence and outcomes of malnutrition among hospitalized COVID-19 patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical nutrition ESPEN · 2021Pooled it
- COVID-19-Related Quarantine Effect on Dietary Habits in a Northern Italian Rural Population: Data from the Brisighella Heart Study.Nutrients · 2021Trial
- Nutrition-Related Parameters and Imaging Severity of COVID-19 in Hospitalized Adults: A Secondary Analysis of a Prospective Multicenter Cohort.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Article
- Assessment of the Relationship between Pre-Existing Muscle Atrophy, Subcutaneous Fat Volume, and the Prognosis of COVID-19.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Effects of Nutritional Protocol Changes on Hemodialysis Adequacy and Patient Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2024Article
- Nutritional problems of patients with COVID-19 receiving dietetic treatment in primary care.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2023Observational
- Association between Self-Classification of COVID-19 Risk Levels and Adverse Lifestyle Changes among Physically Active Older Adults Following the Coronavirus Outbreak.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Sarcopenia and Mortality in Older Hemodialysis Patients.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Article
- The Case for Malnutrition Quality Measures and Nutrition-Focused Quality Improvement Programs (QIPs) in US Skilled Nursing Facilities.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Direct and Indirect Effects of COVID-19 in Frail Elderly: Interventions and Recommendations.Journal of personalized medicine · 2021Review
- Long-term effects of malnutrition on severity of COVID-19.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Adherence to COVID-19 Nutrition Guidelines Is Associated with Better Nutritional Management Behaviors of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients.Nutrients · 2021Article
- COVID-19 pandemic-related changes in wellness behavior among older Americans.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Approaches to Nutritional Screening in Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- Editorial: COVID-19 in older persons: the role of nutrition.Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care · 2021Article
- Effects of the Mediterranean Lifestyle During the COVID-19 Lockdown in Spain: Preliminary Study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2021Article
- Intrinsic Capacity Assessment by a Mobile Geriatric Team During the Covid-19 Pandemic.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Article
- Screening for Sarcopenia (Physical Frailty) in the COVID-19 Era.International journal of endocrinology · 2021Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic is posing an unprecedented challenge to healthcare systems worldwide. Older adults, which frequently present multiple chronic comorbidities, are more susceptible to COVID-19 and experience more likely negative outcomes, in terms of disease severity and mortality. However, chronological age per se may not entirely explain the dramatic scenario described among the frailest and oldest persons. Comorbidities and functional status may indeed play a relevant role. Patients at high risk of adverse clinical outcomes in COVID-19 infection are the same at risk of malnutrition, namely older adults and multimorbid individuals. In fact, COVID-19 can negatively impact on nutritional status, both in patients admitted to the hospital with the most severe manifestations of the infection, as well as in those who experience milder/asymptomatic forms of the disease. Despite being quite difficult in these emergency circumstances, nutritional status needs to be assessed in all COVID-19 patients upon admission and during hospital stay. Early nutritional support should be guaranteed in order to improve several malnutrition-related adverse outcomes. The evaluation of the nutritional status is today even more crucial than in normal times given the delicate status of older patients with COVID-19.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.