Introduction: The prevalence of malnutrition in ambulatory patients with heart failure is difficult to determine, depending on the timing and methodology. Objective: To determine the nutritional status of outpatients with systolic heart failure with the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) full and short-form versions, and evaluate its relationship with the short-term prognosis, biomarkers and qua...

AIM To investigate the impact of nutritional status on self-reported as well as performance-based indicators of physical function in a rural elderly population in Bangladesh. METHODS A cross-sectional study conducted in Matlab, Bangladesh, included 457 randomly selected community-living elderly persons aged 60 years or more (60-92 years; 69 +/- 7 years). Mobility, activities of daily living (...

Objective: To explore the relationship between nutritional status, functional capacity and healthrelated quality of life (HRQoL) in older adults with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting and participants: Forty two non-insulin dependent older adults from a primary care center in Seville, Spain. Measurements: Function was assessed with a battery of standardized physical...

BACKGROUND The risk of malnutrition is widely recognized in institutional settings but few studies have been conducted among community-dwelling older people. The objective of this study was to describe the nutritional status and factors associated with possible malnutrition among community-dwelling older people. METHODS A randomly selected sample (n = 696) of persons aged ≥ 75 years were incl...

Introduction: the evaluation of malnutrition in elderly can be based on anthropometric measurements, biochemical parameters, nutritional tests and calf circumference is one methods evaluation. Objective: To evaluate usefulness as a marker relation to Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA), Nutrition Risk Screening 2002 (NRS-2002) plasma albumin older adults hospitalized at Hospital Geriatrico Prof. ...

OBJECTIVE Bioelectrical impedance vector analysis (BIVA) and phase angle (PA) have been shown previously to indicate relative nutritional status in patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the application of BIVA and PA assessments in a cohort of frail older hospital patients and compare these assessments with malnutrition risk screening by MUST (Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool)...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Nutritional assessment in the elderly is difficult and different from that performed in younger people. There are specific tools for that purpose, such as the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI). The study objective was to compare this index to the Nutritional Risk Index (NRI). MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective, observational analytical study including 113 hos...

Nutrition screening is a process used to quickly identify those who may be at risk of malnutrition so that a full nutrition assessment and appropriate nutrition intervention can be provided. While many nutrition screening tools have been developed, few have been evaluated for use in older adults in the community setting. The aim of this paper is to determine the most appropriate nutrition scree...

This study was undertaken in order to follow up ulcer healing, ulcer recurrence, nutritional status and life-situation in elderly patients with leg ulcers. Of 70 patients assessed previously in 1996, 43 (61%) were still alive in 2000 and, of these, 38 (88%) participated in the follow-up. Rate of healing, recurrence and amputation were obtained from medical records and interviews with the patien...