background lack of independence and unwanted dependence on others for activities of daily living (adl) and decreased functional capacity affect nutritional status of the elderly. objectives the aim of this study was to determine the impact of functional capacity on malnutrition status in hospitalized elderly patients in the qazvin city of iran. patients and methods this cross sectional study wa...

objectives: the aims of this study were to investigate the association of mini-nutritional assessment and activities of daily living as well as examining mini nutritional assessment as a good prognostic tool ofactivities of daily living in elderly residents of nursing home. methods & materials: in a cross-sectional study, among 1200 recorded files, 247 subjects completed mini nutritional assess...

background: one of the factors that have impact on the health status of elderly people is living alone. this study was conducted to examine the living condition of elderly population in babol and probable differences which this condition induced on the health disorders of elderly people. methods: this cross-sectional study was performed on 1544 elderly people aged 60 and over in amirkola, babol...