malnutrition and depression are highly prevalent in the elderly and can lead to unfavorable outcomes. the aims of the current study were to determine the association between malnutrition and depression and also to find any correlation of depression with some anthropometric indices in free living elderly.in this cross-sectional study, 337 elderly subjects (193 females) were selected using cluste...

background nutrition support and noticing the required goal calories in patients having critical conditions are essential aspects of medical care in preventing malnutrition in these patients. materials and methods this research is a clinical trial which was done on 60 children aging between 5 to 17 years old hospitalized in intensive care unit (icu) of shiraz’s namazee hospital, south west of i...

nutritional care is an important part of medical care of patients and plays a key role in improvement, prevention and control of malnutrition in hospitals. the current study aimed to determine the nutrition knowledge level of doctors, nurses and nutritionists in some teaching hospitals in tehran in 2008. in a cross-sectional study a total of 198 samples including 28 nutritionists, 81 nurses and...

background: malnutrition is an important factor in the survival of critically ill patients. the purpose of the present study was to assess the nutritional status of patients in the intensive care unit (icu) on the days of admission and discharge via a detailed nutritional assessment.  methods: totally, 125 patients were followed up from admission to discharge at 8icus in shiraz, iran. the patie...

background there is evidence that early enteral nutrition can improve clinical outcomes in patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit. objectives the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of early enteral nutrition on clinical outcomes in medical patients admitted to the intensive care unit. materials and methods this prospective study was performed on 94 patients admitted to t...

malnutrition of patients in intensive care units of arak hospitals, in 1389     ebrahimi fakhar h [1] , salemi z [2]     received: 12 mar, 2012 accepted: 25 jun , 2012     abstract   background & aims: this study was performed to determine the nutrition condition of intensive care units patients in arak hospitals in 1388.  materials & methods: in this sectional study 115 eligible patients (71ma...

Objectives and methods: This was an intervention field trial to determine the effects of a nutrition education program (a modudle prepared specifically for the porpose) on the nutritional knowledge and attitude of volunteer Health care workers of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) in city of Tehran in 1999. The study population consisted of 121 female health care workers from four ran...