A hospital-based multidisciplinary approach improves nutritional status of the elderly living in long-term care facilities in middle Taiwan
| Autor: | Shyh Dye Lee, Wen-Yuan Lin, Chiu-Shong Liu, Cheng-Chieh Lin, Chia Ing Li, Kuo-Chin Huang, Hui Ying Huang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Aging medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Health (social science) Taiwan MEDLINE Nutritional Status Catchment Area Health Quality of life Multidisciplinary approach Surveys and Questionnaires Intervention (counseling) Prevalence medicine Humans Hypoalbuminemia Aged Patient Care Team business.industry Anthropometry medicine.disease Nursing Homes Hospitalization Long-term care Quality of Life Physical therapy Female Interdisciplinary Communication Geriatrics and Gerontology business Gerontology Body mass index |
| Zdroj: | Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 50:S22-S26 |
| ISSN: | 0167-4943 |
| Popis: | Improvement in nutritional status using two different care models was assessed in 374 elderly people (mean +/- S.D. age = 78.8+/-7.2 years) living in eight long-term care facilities in middle Taiwan. The subjects were divided into two groups using randomized block design; a hospital-based multidisciplinary team was responsible for the care of the intervention group, and the control group received usual care for 6 months. A structured questionnaire, anthropometric measurements, and biomedical markers were checked for each subject before and after the intervention. No significant differences were observed in age, height, weight, body mass index, hemoglobin, and albumin between the intervention (n = 125) and control (n = 249) groups at baseline. After 6 months of intervention, 83 subjects in the intervention group and 182 subjects in the control group had completed the study. The change in albumin level was greater in the intervention group (1.58 g/l) than in the control group (0.15 g/l, p < 0.05). The prevalence of hypoalbuminemia (albumin < 35 g/l) decreased from 69.2% to 52.9% in the intervention group and from 70.3% to 67.0% in the control group. In conclusion, a hospital-based multidisciplinary care effectively improved the nutritional status of elderly patients living in long-term care facilities in middle Taiwan. |
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