Factors Associated with Anemia in the Institutionalized Elderly.

Autor: Silva EC; Food, Nutrition and Health Graduate Program, Federal University of Bahia (Universidade Federal da Bahia - UFBA), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.; Aging-Related Research and Intervention Center, UFBA, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil., Roriz AK; Aging-Related Research and Intervention Center, UFBA, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.; Department of Nutritional Science, School of Nutrition, UFBA, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil., Eickemberg M; Aging-Related Research and Intervention Center, UFBA, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.; Collective Health Graduate Program, Collective Health Institute, UFBA, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.; Bahian School of Medicine and Public Health, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil., Mello AL; Aging-Related Research and Intervention Center, UFBA, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.; Department of Nutritional Science, School of Nutrition, UFBA, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil., Côrtes EB; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UFBA, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil., Feitosa CA; Collective Health Graduate Program, Collective Health Institute, UFBA, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.; Bahian School of Medicine and Public Health, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil., Medeiros JM; Food, Nutrition and Health Graduate Program, Federal University of Bahia (Universidade Federal da Bahia - UFBA), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.; Department of Nutritional Science, School of Nutrition, UFBA, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil., Ramos LB; Food, Nutrition and Health Graduate Program, Federal University of Bahia (Universidade Federal da Bahia - UFBA), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.; Aging-Related Research and Intervention Center, UFBA, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.; Department of Nutritional Science, School of Nutrition, UFBA, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: PloS one [PLoS One] 2016 Sep 08; Vol. 11 (9), pp. e0162240. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Sep 08 (Print Publication: 2016).
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0162240
Abstrakt: As a common problem in long-term care facilities (LTCFs), anemia affects 25-63% of the elderly. The aim of the present study was to describe the prevalence and characteristics of anemia and its associated factors in the institutionalized elderly. The cross-sectional study was carried out with three hundred thirteen individuals aged ≥ 60 years, of both genders, living in long-term care facilities for the elderly in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Poisson regression (PR) with robust variance estimates was used to assess the factors related to anemia. The prevalence of anemia was 38%. Mild anemia was predominant in both genders (male: 26.8%; female: 21.1%), as normocytic and normochromic anemia, with no anisocytosis (69.75%). Anemia was associated with thinness (PR: 1.68; 95% CI: 1.04-2.72) and with moderate (PR: 1.98; 95% CI: 1.07-3.63) and total (PR: 2.61; 95% CI: 1.34-5.07) dependence in the final model. Severe dependence exhibited borderline significance (PR: 1.94; 95% CI: 1.00-3.77). The prevalence of anemia was high in the institutionalized elderly in both genders, with characteristics suggesting chronic diseases as the causal factor, and the frequency of occurrence was higher in thinness elderly with moderate to total dependence.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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