RT Journal Article
T1 [Nutritional status and associated factors in ambulatory elderly patients].
T2 Estado nutricional y factores asociados en pacientes ancianos ambulatorios.
A1 Muñoz Díaz, Belén
A1 Martínez de la Iglesia, Jorge
A1 Molina Recio, Guillermo
A1 Aguado Taberné, Cristina
A1 Redondo Sánchez, Juana
A1 Arias Blanco, M Carmen
A1 Romero Saldaña, Manuel
K1 Desnutrición
K1 Geriatric population
K1 Malnutrition
K1 Población geriátrica
K1 Riesgo de malnutrición
K1 Risk of malnutrition
AB To analyze the nutritional status (NS) of patients older than 65 years and establish their relationship with sociodemographic and health variables. Cross-sectional observational study in patients older than 65 years. 3 health centers. 255 patients: ambulatory (AP), in domiciliary care (DP) or institutionalized (IP). They completed the study 243 (response rate 95.3%). The Chang method was applied to determine the NS. Sociodemographic, anthropometric variables, dependence, mood, cognitive and analytical parameters were collected. Associations were analyzed applying chi-square and analysis of variance. The prevalence ratio (PR) for malnutrition was calculated. A multivariate model was applied (binary logistic regression). Significance was considered for p The average age was 81.3 years (SD=7.4) and 72.0% were women. 48.9% were AP, 26.8% DP and 24.2% IP. 29.6% (95% CI: 23.9-35.8) presented malnutrition. Greater malnutrition was established in relation to living in a residence or requiring home help (PR=5.3), age over 85 (PR=4.9), presenting a moderate or higher dependency for basic activities of daily living (PR=3.9) and instrumental (PR=3.3), need help for mobility (PR=2.9) and present moderate/severe cognitive impairment (PR=2.1). The determinants of malnutrition in the multivariate model were older than 85 years old and being IP or DP. Emphasis should be placed on evaluating NS in patients older than 85 years of age who live in a residence or require home care, since they are the groups at greatest risk of malnutrition.
YR 2019
FD 2019-01-18
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/13439
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/13439
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DS RISalud
RD Apr 16, 2025