Socioeconomic Position and Malnutrition among Older Adults
| Autor: | Marta Martínez-Reig, Melisa López-Utiel, Pedro Abizanda, T. Flores Ruano, Elsa Dent, Emiel O. Hoogendijk, S. Lozoya-Moreno |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Epidemiology and Data Science, APH - Quality of Care, APH - Aging & Later Life |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Male Aging Socioeconomic position Population Psychological intervention Medicine (miscellaneous) Logistic regression Article Cohort Studies 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life Risk Factors Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine education Socioeconomic status Aged 2. Zero hunger education.field_of_study 030109 nutrition & dietetics Nutrition and Dietetics business.industry Malnutrition socioeconomic position medicine.disease 3. Good health Cross-Sectional Studies Nutrition Assessment Social Class nutritional assessment Older adults Quality of Life Female Geriatrics and Gerontology business Demography Cohort study |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging, 22(9), 1086-1091 Hoogendijk, E O, Flores Ruano, T, Martínez-Reig, M, López-Utiel, M, Lozoya-Moreno, S, Dent, E & Abizanda, P 2018, ' Socioeconomic Position and Malnutrition among Older Adults : Results from the FRADEA Study ', Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging, vol. 22, no. 9, pp. 1086-1091 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s12603-018-1061-1 |
| ISSN: | 1279-7707 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s12603-018-1061-1 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVES: Low socioeconomic position (SEP) is related to many health-related conditions in older adults. However, there is a lack of knowledge on the association between SEP and malnutrition, a condition with serious consequences for older people in terms of quality of life and adverse health events. In the current study, we investigated socioeconomic inequalities in malnutrition and sub-domains of malnutrition in a sample of Spanish older adults.DESIGN: Cross-sectional population-based study.SETTING: Urban area of Albacete, Spain.PARTICIPANTS: 836 participants over age 70 from the first measurement wave (2007-2009) of the Frailty and Dependence in Albacete (FRADEA) study, a population-based cohort study.MEASUREMENTS: Educational level and occupational level were the indicators of SEP. Nutritional risk was measured with the Mini Nutrition Assessment® Short Form (MNA®-SF). Logistic regression analyses were performed.RESULTS: For both socioeconomic indicators there was a statistically significant association with nutritional risk (OR low education=1.99, 95% CI=1.18-3.35; OR low occupational level=1.71, 95% CI=1.08-2.72). However, these associations disappeared after adjusting for age and sex (OR low education=1.51, 95% CI=0.88-2.60 ; OR low occupational level=1.32, 95% CI=0.80-2.17). In adjusted models, statistically significant associations between SEP and sub-domains of the MNA®-SF were observed, but these associations were not consistent across socioeconomic indicators.CONCLUSIONS: This study found that malnutrition is a condition that can appear in any older adult, regardless of their socioeconomic group. These findings suggest that interventions to prevent malnutrition in older adults can be targeted at a general older population, and do not have to be SEP specific. |
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