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Abstract(s)
Malnutrition affects a significant number of people, the elderly being
the main group affected. Retrospective studies highlight that the
elderly are at higher risk and have higher susceptibility of nutritional
defidencies than young adults. Objective: To assess the risk of malnutrition
in the elderly of Bragança.
Methods
Analytical and cross-sectional study. Based on a sampling error under
5 % and a confidence levei of 95 %, a sample of 385 elderly people stratified by gender and age was studied. A questionnaire was used
including nutritional risk assessment using the Mini Nutritional Assessment
(MNA).
Results
56.4 % (217) are women and 43.6 % (168) are men with an average
Of 76.39 ± 7. 18 years of age. The majority (62. 9 %; 242) is married/civil
partnership and 28.6 % (110) are widowers. 37.8 % (134) relate some
degree of loneliness. We also noticed that 96 elderly (24.9 %) show
risk of malnutrition. Those who are married/in a civil partnership
have higher probability of normal nutritional condition when compared
with single or divorced (OR = 2.925); those with schooling have
higher probability of normal nutritional condition (OR= 2.287) compared
to those without schooling. The ones who mention less loneliness
present 1.5 to 4.7 higher probabilities of normal nutritional
condition compared with the ones who state any levei of loneliness.
The ones who are functionally independent have higher probability
of a normal nutritional state than those who have any degree of
dependency.
Conclusions
Results highlight the need for spedfíc protocols in health institutions to
identify old people at nutritional risk allowing a timely intervention.
Description
Keywords
Elderly Malnutrition Risk
Citation
Parente, Alexandra Mariza de Egas Geraldes; Mata, Maria Augusta; Pereira, Ana Maria Geraldes Rodrigues; Fernandes, Adilia; Brás, Manuel (2016). Risk of malnutrition in the elderly of Bragança. In The 3rd IPLeiria’s International Health Congress. Leiria. p. 7-8
Publisher
Escola Superior de Saúde do IPLeiria