Prevalence of Malnutrition in Orally and Tube-Fed Elderly Nursing Home Residents in Germany and Its Relation to Health Complaints and Dietary Intake

Autor:	Dorothee Volkert, Lioba Pauly, Peter Stehle, Cornel C. Sieber
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology RC799-869
Zdroj:	Gastroenterology Research and Practice, Vol 2011 (2011)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1687-6121 1687-630X
DOI:	10.1155/2011/247315
Popis:	Objective. To investigate the prevalence of malnutrition in orally and tube-fed nursing home (NH) residents in Germany and its relation to common health complaints and dietary intake. Methods. In 350 NH residents, subjects' characteristics, Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA), and several health problems were inquired with the nursing staff using standardised interviews. In a subset of 122 residents, dietary intake was assessed by 3-day weighing records. Results. 7.7% of the participants were tube fed. 24.1% of orally nourished and 57.7% of tube-fed residents were malnourished (MNA
Databáze:	Directory of Open Access Journals
Externí odkaz:	https://doaj.org/article/dead89a9396343a09e6604fb0c0f9261 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View record in DOAJ Plný text ve formátu PDF