Assessment of Nutritional Status of Elderly Receiving Home Health Care

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2022-06-30 DOI:10.33879/amh.132.2021.04025

Ç. Meriç, Nurcan Yabancı Ayhan, H. Yilmaz

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Background/Purpose: This study was carried out to evaluate the nutritional status of elderly who received home health care. Methods: A total of 120 elderly were included in this cross sectional study. Elderly were visited in their homes and nutritional status of them was evaluated by Mini Nutritional Assessment-Short Form (MNA-SF) scale. In questionnaire; general information about elderly, presence of chronic disease, pressure sores, anthropometric measurement, nutritional status of elderly were asked. In addition, current biochemical parameters which were routinely evaluated in elderly were recorded by the researcher. Results: The mean age of elderly (40 males and 80 females) was 81.3±8.3 (65-105) years, and 97.5% of elderly were diagnosed with at least one disease. According to the MNA-SF score, 60.8% of elderly were classified as malnourished, 34.2% at risk for malnutrition and 5.0% as normal nutritional status. Currently, 49.2% of malnourished elderly have pressure sores and 54.8% had at least once before; these rates were higher than elderly without malnutrition ( p <0.001). In addition, total MNA-SF score of elderly is strongly positive with hemoglobin, hematocrit and calf circumference; it was found that there was a strong negative correlation with C-reactive protein (CRP). Conclusion: In this study, it was found that only 5.0% of elderly who received home health care were in good nutritional status and pressure sore was higher in elderly who have risk of malnutrition or malnourished. Nutritional status of elderly receiving home health care should be evaluated by dietitians and more comprehensive scientific studies are needed.

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接受家庭保健的老年人营养状况评估

背景/目的:本研究旨在评估接受家庭保健的老年人的营养状况。方法:对120例老年人进行横断面研究。采用迷你营养评估-短表(MNA-SF)量表对老年人进行营养状况评估。在问卷调查;询问老年人的一般信息、慢性病的存在、压疮、人体测量、营养状况。此外，研究者还记录了老年人常规评估的当前生化参数。结果:老年人平均年龄(男40例，女80例)为81.3±8.3(65 ~ 105)岁，97.5%的老年人至少有一种疾病。根据MNA-SF评分，60.8%的老年人营养不良，34.2%的老年人存在营养不良风险，5.0%的老年人营养状况正常。目前，49.2%的营养不良老年人患有压疮，54.8%的人以前至少有过一次;这些比率高于无营养不良的老年人(p <0.001)。此外，老年人MNA-SF总评分与血红蛋白、红细胞压积、小腿围呈强阳性;发现与c反应蛋白(CRP)有较强的负相关。结论:本研究发现，在接受家庭保健的老年人中，仅有5.0%的老年人营养状况良好，而在有营养不良或营养不良风险的老年人中，压疮发生率较高。接受家庭保健的老年人的营养状况应由营养师进行评估，并需要更全面的科学研究。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

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31.40

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1.10%

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312

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2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.