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

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shirin hosseini tehran university of medical sciences.kish,iranدانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهران سید علی کشاورز

ali keshavarz tehran university of medical sciences.tehran, iranدانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهران احمد امین

ahmad amin department of clinical epidemiology, rajaee cardiovasular, medical & research center.tehran,iranمرکز آموزشی - تحقیقاتی و درمانی قلب و عروق شهید رجایی مجید ملکی

majid maleki department of clinical epidemiology, rajaee cardiovasular, medical & research center.tehran,iranمرکز آموزشی - تحقیقاتی و درمانی قلب و عروق شهید رجایی هومن بخشنده آبکنار

abstract

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.

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