Prevalence of malnutrition risk among institutionalized elderly from North Bohemia is higher than among those in the Capital City of Prague, Czech Republic

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11120%2F18%3A43916967" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11120/18:43916967 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/75010330:_____/18:00012212

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.21101/cejph.a4944" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.21101/cejph.a4944</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.21101/cejph.a4944" target="_blank" >10.21101/cejph.a4944</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Prevalence of malnutrition risk among institutionalized elderly from North Bohemia is higher than among those in the Capital City of Prague, Czech Republic

Original language description

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study is to assess the risk of malnutrition among institutionalized elderly individuals in North Bohemia and compare it to the risk of malnutrition in the capital city of Prague, Czech Republic. In the Czech Republic, very few studies have been conducted with the goal of describing and evaluating the nutritional status of the institutionalized elderly. METHODS: In this study, data was collected from 254 elderly individuals (aged GREATER-THAN OR EQUAL TO 65) residing in retirement homes in North Bohemia and then compared with similar data for the elderly living in retirement homes in Prague (the data from Prague were previously published in 2013). The data included an Mini-Nutritional Assessment (MNA) test; anthropometric measurements - Body Mass Index (BMI), waist circumference, triceps skinfold thickness; and biochemical parameters - albumin, prealbumin, transferrin, urea, and creatinine. RESULTS: Mean BMI values were 27.4 kg/m 2 for females and 26.3 kg/m 2 for males. According to the MNA questionnaire, 10.4% of all tested elderly were malnourished and 50.8% were at risk of malnutrition; lager proportion of females were found to be malnourished than males. Biochemical indicators supported the MNA results. MNA categories correlated positively with independence (r = 0.56; p &lt; 0.001), mental status (r = 0.54; p &lt; 0.001), mobility (r = 0.46; p &lt; 0.001), calf circumference (r = 0.42; p &lt; 0.001), BMI, and the ability to self-feed (both r = 0.37; p &lt; 0.001). The percentage of institutionalized elderly with malnutrition living in North Bohemia and Prague were about the same; however, the percentage of those at risk of malnutrition was higher in North Bohemia (p = 0.006). CONCLUSION: Study results confirmed that the institutionalized elderly face issues that lower their nutritional status and put them at increased risk; clearly these issues need urgent attention.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30304 - Public and environmental health

Project

<a href="/en/project/NS9972" target="_blank" >NS9972: Nutritional status assessment of elderly people in the institutionalised care</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Central European Journal of Public Health

ISSN

1210-7778

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

26

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

111-117

UT code for WoS article

000446082400007

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85051499655