ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2025
Frailty and GLIM-defined malnutrition contribute to poor clinical outcomes in older adult inpatients in the general surgery department.
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- Nutritional Status, Body Composition, and Frailty in Community-Dwelling and Institutionalized Albanian Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nutrients · 2026Observational
- Prognostic Significance of Preoperative Albumin and Prealbumin in Predicting Adverse Events After Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion in Elderly Patients.Clinical interventions in aging · 2026Article
- Frailty combined with nutritional risk for predicting stroke-associated pneumonia: a cohort study based on a nomogram model.Frontiers in neurology · 2026Article
- Handgrip strength and the GLIM criteria are markers for nutritional risk in patients treated in the SUS (Government Health System).Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background and aims: Frailty and malnutrition are prevalent among older adult inpatients. Our study aimed to analyze the correlation between frailty and malnutrition and determine their effects on the clinical outcomes in older adult surgical inpatients. Methods: This cross-sectional observational study included older adult inpatients (≥ 65 years old) undergoing scheduled surgery. Anthropometric measurements and hematological examination results were collected at the time of admission. Frailty and malnutrition were assessed using the frailty phenotype and the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) criteria. Nutritional support during hospitalization and clinical outcomes, such as the occurrence of postoperative complications, in-hospital death, length of hospital stays, and hospital costs, were recorded. The chi-squared and rank-sum tests were used for comparison. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to calculate the odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for frailty, malnutrition, and postoperative complications. Results: In 394 patients, the frailty prevalence was 17.3% (68/394), and 146 inpatients (37.1%) were malnourished. The overlapping prevalence rate of frailty and malnutrition was 12.2% (48/394). Frailty and malnutrition were correlated (r = 0.464, Conclusion: A significant positive correlation was observed between frailty and malnutrition. Frailty and malnutrition are significantly associated with adverse clinical outcomes. Therefore, it is necessary to manage frailty and malnutrition to improve the prognosis.
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