ArticlePloS one2023
Malnutrition as a major related factor of frailty among older adults residing in long-term care facilities in Korea.
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- Age-specific prevalence and risk factors for severe activity of daily living disability among older adults residing in long-term care facilities in Korea: A cross-sectional study using first year of a longitudinal study.Journal of Korean gerontological nursing · 2025Article
- Nutritional status and frailty in elderly patients undergoing major abdominal surgery for upper gastrointestinal tumors: a single-center prospective observational study.Irish journal of medical science · 2025Observational
- Effects of Malnutrition on the Incidence and Worsening of Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Pain.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Predicting the unseen: nutritional interventions as a key to combat frailty.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Frailty and nutritional inadequacy in older Korean adults: A gender-stratified analysis using National Survey Data.PloS one · 2025Article
- Investigating Frailty, Polypharmacy, Malnutrition, Chronic Conditions, and Quality of Life in Older Adults: Large Population-Based Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024Article
- Validation of the Korean version of the Summated Xerostomia Inventory among older adults residing in nursing homes.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Post-discharge nutritional management for patients with coronary heart disease and frailty: a qualitative study.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Frailty and Parkinson's disease: the role of diabetes mellitus.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Review
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Abstract
objectivesThe objectives of this study were 1) to investigate the prevalence and co-existence of frailty and malnutrition and 2) to identify factors related to frailty (including malnutrition) according to the level of frailty.
methodsData collection was conducted from July 11, 2021, to January 23, 2022, in 558 older adults residing in 16 long-term care facilities (LTCFs) in Korea. The FRAIL-NH and Mini-Nutritional Assessment short form were used to measure frailty and nutrition, respectively. The data analysis included descriptive statistics and a multivariate logistic regression.
resultsThe mean age of the participants was 83.68 (± 7.39) years. Among 558 participants, 37 (6.6%), 274 (49.1%), and 247 (44.3%) were robust, prefrail, and frail, respectively. At the same time, 75.8% were categorized as having malnutrition status (malnourished: 18.1%; risk of malnutrition: 57.7%), and 40.9% had co-existing malnutrition and frailty. In the multivariate analysis, malnutrition was identified as the major frailty-related factor. Compared with a normal nutritional status, the incidence of frailty in the malnutrition group was 10.35 times (95% CI: 3.78-28.36) higher than the incidence of robustness and 4.80 times (95% CI: 2.69-8.59) higher than the incidence of prefrail.
conclusionThe prevalence of frailty and malnutrition, and their co-existence, among older adults residing in LTCFs was high. Malnutrition is a major factor that increases the incidence of frailty. Therefore, active interventions are needed to improve the nutritional status of this population.
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