P. Shahri, Maryam Parsanahad, M. Zilaee, Shahab Papi
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Assessing the Nutritional Status and General Health in Nursing Homes Elderly People of Ahvaz, 2016
: Malnutrition is a common problem among nursing homes elderly people. The current study evaluated nutritional status, using the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) and general health, using General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12) in all nursing homes elderly people of Ahvaz in 2016. This cross-sectional study recruited 130 nursing homes elderly people, comprised of 44 males (33.8%) and 86 females (66.2%) at average of 70.0±7.8 years. The MNA was performed to estimate functional, cognitive and nutritional status and GHQ-12 was completed to general health assessing. SPSS Software was used for data analysis. According to the MNA questionnaire, 13.1% of the elderly were malnourished, 60.0% at risk of malnutrition and 26.9% well nourished. Weight loss, mobility, BMI and Neuropsychological problems showed the strong correlations to total MNA score. One hundred twenty nine elderly people (99.26%) had undesirable general health status (score<3.5). Considering the high percentage of elderly people with malnutrition