Nutritional status and associated factors in elderly residents in nursing homes

Objective (s): To assess nutritional status in an elderly population living in nursing homes.Method: This was a cross- sectional study of 199 elderly people 60 years old or above living in nursing homes in Arak, Iran. Data on nutrition was collected using the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA). Resul...

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Váldodahkkit: Mohammad Reza Ebrahimi Fakhar, Soleyman Zand
Materiálatiipa: Artihkal
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Almmustuhtton: Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research 2013-04-01
Ráidu:Payesh
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Liŋkkat:http://payeshjournal.ir/article-1-375-en.html
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Soleyman Zand
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description Objective (s): To assess nutritional status in an elderly population living in nursing homes.Method: This was a cross- sectional study of 199 elderly people 60 years old or above living in nursing homes in Arak, Iran. Data on nutrition was collected using the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA). Results: The findings showed that 19.6% of elderly were suffering from malnutrition, 53.3% were at risk of malnutrition, and in 27.1% nutritional status was satisfactory. Of those suffering from malnutrition 77.2% reported 1 to 3 chronic diseases or physical impairments. There were significant associations between nutrition and some health conditions (P<0.001).Conclusion: The findings suggest that elderly people living in nursing home should be cared for their nutritional status.
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spellingShingle Mohammad Reza Ebrahimi Fakhar
Soleyman Zand
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nutrition-nursing-chronic disease-geriatric depression scale
title Nutritional status and associated factors in elderly residents in nursing homes
title_full Nutritional status and associated factors in elderly residents in nursing homes
title_fullStr Nutritional status and associated factors in elderly residents in nursing homes
title_full_unstemmed Nutritional status and associated factors in elderly residents in nursing homes
title_short Nutritional status and associated factors in elderly residents in nursing homes
title_sort nutritional status and associated factors in elderly residents in nursing homes
topic nutrition-nursing-chronic disease-geriatric depression scale
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