nutritional status and non-diet associated factors of hospitalized heart-failure elderly patients

objectives: the aim of this study was to assess nutritional status and identify the most significant mna-items (mini nutritional assessment) to accelerate the determination of nutritional risk of heart-failure in elderly patients. methods and materials: the present research was a cross-sectional descriptive analytical survey on hospitalized heart- failure elderly patients (n=225). the sampling method was enrolled nonrandomly.the mna questionnaires (18 items) were used for nutritional assessment. results: based on the mna questionnaire, 9/8%of the elderly were malnourished, 80/9% were at risk of malnutrition and 9/3% were well-nourished. conclusion: regarding the factors related to nutritional status of heart- failure elderly patient, it is indicated that bed sore, the ability of eating, self-view of nutritional status and self-rated health status relative to peers had significant relationship with the nutritional status according to mna.(p-value<0.005) regarding high prevalence of vulnerable or malnourished hospitalized elderly, nutritional intervention is necessary.