Evaluation of attitudes towards old age among older adults in an institutional facility

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.15452/CEJNM.2017.08.0003" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.15452/CEJNM.2017.08.0003</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.15452/CEJNM.2017.08.0003" target="_blank" >10.15452/CEJNM.2017.08.0003</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Evaluation of attitudes towards old age among older adults in an institutional facility

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Aim: The study aimed at determining the nutritional status of senior citizens in a general practitioner's office. Design: A cross-sectional study. Methods: Nutritional status was assessed with the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA), Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST), Mini Nutritional Assessment ? Short Form (MNA-SF) and laboratory parameters (prealbumin, transferrin and CRP). The study comprised 241 participants. The significance of differences in selected nutritional markers for various groups was determined using a chi-squared test, Spearman's correlation coefficient and Fisher's test at a critical statistical significance level of 0.05. Results: Malnutrition was detected in a relatively high proportion of the elderly, ranging from 13% to 90% depending on the tools used. There were significant differences between the tools when identifying patients as malnourished or being at risk of malnutrition. The MNA revealed more patients at risk of or with malnutrition (90%) than the MNA-SF (58%) or MUST (13%). No statistically significant correlations were found either between nutritional status and biochemical markers of nutrition or between nutritional status and age of the elderly. Conclusion: In the general practice setting, nutrition of the elderly must not be neglected as adequate nutrition is a prerequisite for faster convalescence and return to a normal life.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Evaluation of attitudes towards old age among older adults in an institutional facility

Popis výsledku anglicky

Aim: The study aimed at determining the nutritional status of senior citizens in a general practitioner's office. Design: A cross-sectional study. Methods: Nutritional status was assessed with the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA), Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST), Mini Nutritional Assessment ? Short Form (MNA-SF) and laboratory parameters (prealbumin, transferrin and CRP). The study comprised 241 participants. The significance of differences in selected nutritional markers for various groups was determined using a chi-squared test, Spearman's correlation coefficient and Fisher's test at a critical statistical significance level of 0.05. Results: Malnutrition was detected in a relatively high proportion of the elderly, ranging from 13% to 90% depending on the tools used. There were significant differences between the tools when identifying patients as malnourished or being at risk of malnutrition. The MNA revealed more patients at risk of or with malnutrition (90%) than the MNA-SF (58%) or MUST (13%). No statistically significant correlations were found either between nutritional status and biochemical markers of nutrition or between nutritional status and age of the elderly. Conclusion: In the general practice setting, nutrition of the elderly must not be neglected as adequate nutrition is a prerequisite for faster convalescence and return to a normal life.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

30304 - Public and environmental health

Projekt

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Návaznosti

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Rok uplatnění

2017

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Central European Journal of Nursing and Midwifery

ISSN

2336-3517

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

8

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

7

Strana od-do

565-571

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85016166965