Lockdown Effect on Elderly Nutritional Health
Pandemics and lockdowns may be associated with unpremeditated consequences, such as bodyweight changes, isolation, as well as sedentarity. Reports have been published on malnutrition among patients suffering from COVID-19. This study aimed to highlight the short-term effects of the lockdown on the n...
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| author | Jeyniver Ghanem Bruno Colicchio Emmanuel Andrès Bernard Geny Alain Dieterlen |
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| description | Pandemics and lockdowns may be associated with unpremeditated consequences, such as bodyweight changes, isolation, as well as sedentarity. Reports have been published on malnutrition among patients suffering from COVID-19. This study aimed to highlight the short-term effects of the lockdown on the nutritional health of elderly people living at home and benefiting from home care services, yet without any COVID-19 pathology. In 50 subjects displaying weight, body mass index, and MNA score stability two months earlier, we observed significant alterations in these parameters following the lockdown. Thus, malnutrition rose from 28–34% to 58%. Furthermore, trigger factors for malnutrition changed, with social isolation accounting for 64% of the confinement’s deleterious effects among the elderly. In conclusion, despite the elderly being not directly affected by SARS-CoV2, the nutritional status of elderly subjects living at home with no or only mild autonomy loss was greatly and rapidly affected by the lockdown. Moreover, the main trigger factors for malnutrition were essentially related to social isolation and depressive syndromes. Knowing the impact of confinement on the elderly’s health, these results may help further modulate ongoing public health interventions in case of future lockdowns. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-71f24991342b460da8cb0f96f85c4edb2023-11-22T21:06:37ZengMDPI AGJournal of Clinical Medicine2077-03832021-10-011021505210.3390/jcm10215052Lockdown Effect on Elderly Nutritional HealthJeyniver Ghanem0Bruno Colicchio1Emmanuel Andrès2Bernard Geny3Alain Dieterlen4Faculté de Médecine, Université de Strasbourg, 4 Rue Kirschleger, FR-67085 Strasbourg, FranceInstitut IRIMAS (7499), IUT, Université de Haute-Alsace, 12 Rue des Frères Lumière, FR-68093 Mulhouse, FranceFaculté de Médecine, Université de Strasbourg, 4 Rue Kirschleger, FR-67085 Strasbourg, FranceFaculté de Médecine, Université de Strasbourg, 4 Rue Kirschleger, FR-67085 Strasbourg, FranceInstitut IRIMAS (7499), IUT, Université de Haute-Alsace, 12 Rue des Frères Lumière, FR-68093 Mulhouse, FrancePandemics and lockdowns may be associated with unpremeditated consequences, such as bodyweight changes, isolation, as well as sedentarity. Reports have been published on malnutrition among patients suffering from COVID-19. This study aimed to highlight the short-term effects of the lockdown on the nutritional health of elderly people living at home and benefiting from home care services, yet without any COVID-19 pathology. In 50 subjects displaying weight, body mass index, and MNA score stability two months earlier, we observed significant alterations in these parameters following the lockdown. Thus, malnutrition rose from 28–34% to 58%. Furthermore, trigger factors for malnutrition changed, with social isolation accounting for 64% of the confinement’s deleterious effects among the elderly. In conclusion, despite the elderly being not directly affected by SARS-CoV2, the nutritional status of elderly subjects living at home with no or only mild autonomy loss was greatly and rapidly affected by the lockdown. Moreover, the main trigger factors for malnutrition were essentially related to social isolation and depressive syndromes. Knowing the impact of confinement on the elderly’s health, these results may help further modulate ongoing public health interventions in case of future lockdowns.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/21/5052lockdownCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2elderlybodyweightmalnutrition |
| spellingShingle | Jeyniver Ghanem Bruno Colicchio Emmanuel Andrès Bernard Geny Alain Dieterlen Lockdown Effect on Elderly Nutritional Health Journal of Clinical Medicine lockdown COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 elderly bodyweight malnutrition |
| title | Lockdown Effect on Elderly Nutritional Health |
| title_full | Lockdown Effect on Elderly Nutritional Health |
| title_fullStr | Lockdown Effect on Elderly Nutritional Health |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lockdown Effect on Elderly Nutritional Health |
| title_short | Lockdown Effect on Elderly Nutritional Health |
| title_sort | lockdown effect on elderly nutritional health |
| topic | lockdown COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 elderly bodyweight malnutrition |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/21/5052 |
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