Nutrition status of the elderly differs by elderly care facility
| Autor: | Gustavo Alfonso Díaz-Muñoz, Sandra Julieth Calvera-Millán |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Nutrition and Dietetics
business.industry Malnutrition Nutritional Status Nutritional status Normal BMI Anthropometry medicine.disease Homes for the elderly Cross-Sectional Studies Nutrition Assessment Statistical significance Calf circumference Medicine Body Weights and Measures Statistical analysis Analysis of variance business Aged Food Science Demography |
| Zdroj: | Revista chilena de nutrición v.46 n.6 2019 SciELO Chile CONICYT Chile instacron:CONICYT |
| ISSN: | 0717-7518 |
| Popis: | The prevalence of malnutrition in homes for the elderly is well-known, yet research does not exist concerning differences among types of homes. In this study, the association of nutritional status (measured with MNA-FV and anthropometric measures) with the type of home for the elderly (charity, government, private) was evaluated. A cross-sectional study in adults > 60 years was carried out. Students t, U of Mann-Whitney, ANOVA, or Kruskal Wallis test with statistical significance p < 0.05 were used for statistical analysis. In the study, 152 elderly (95 female) persons with an average age of 81.4 years (SD 7.82) participated; 59.6% had a normal nutritional status and 45.3% had a normal BMI. Malnutrition, risk of malnutrition and low calf circumference were associated with private homes (p < 0.05). We concluded that nutritional status varies by type of home and this nutritional profile possibly depends on criteria used to admit persons into each type of facility. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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