Impact of quality of life on nutritional risk and malnutrition: a cross-sectional study in elderly patients

Objectives: To investigate prevalence of malnutrition and nutritional risk, related factors, the association between status quality life in elderly.
 Material Method: Cross-sectional study. Participants; elderly (≥65 years) patients without severe hearing vision impairment dependency on a bed or wheel chair who admitted internal medicine outpatient clinics. Measurements; mini assessment questionnaire, Charlson comorbidity index, World Health Organization (WHOQOL-OLD) questionnaire. Intervention; none.
 Results: The study included 532 with mean age 70.8±5.4 years. median Mini Nutritional Assessment score was 26, total risk 26.7%. There were significant differences groups regarding educational, living, marital status, smoking history, presence any systemic disease, Comorbidity Index, polypharmacy (p