Practical Geriatrics ›› 2022, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (8): 822-826.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1003-9198.2022.08.017

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Nutrition status and the risk factors in the elderly

YU A-cui, CHEN Xi, YANG Meng-na, SONG Xiao-ming, LI Hao, CI Li-ya   

  1. YU A-cui, CHEN Xi, YANG Meng-na, SONG Xiao-ming, CI Li-ya. Department of Geriatrics, Yantai Affiliated Hospital of Binzhou Medical University, Yantai 264000, China;
    LI Hao. Shijiazhuang Yiling Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd, Shijiazhuang 050000, China
  • Received:2021-09-25 Online:2022-08-20 Published:2022-08-23

Abstract: Objective To assess the nutritional status in the elderly and to analyze the risk factors affecting the nutrition. Methods Through cluster sampling methods, 262,226 elderly people aged over 65 years old in Yantai City from December 2019 to March 2020 were selected and underwent Mini-Nutritional Assessment Short-Form (MNA-SF) assessment. Multivariate Logistic regression was used to analyze the risk factors influencing malnutrition. Results The results showed that among the 219 222 validly surveyed elderly people in Yantai, 24 489 (11.2%) were assessed to be at risk of malnutrition and 1589 (0.7%) were assessed as malnutrition. Compared with the normal nutrition group, there were statistical differences in age, education level, place of residence, marital status, pension mode, polypharmacy, self-care ability, cognitive function, risk of aspiration, risk of falling, risk of pressure ulcer, and depressive state in the risk of malnutrition and malnutrition group. Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that older age, urban residence, institutional care, decline in self-care ability, cognitive dysfunction, risk of aspiration, risk of falling, risk of pressure ulcers, depression and polypharmacy were the risk factors of malnutrition (P<0.01). Higher education level and being married were the protective factors of malnutrition in the elderly (P<0.01). Conclusions The incidence rate of malnutrition in the elderly is influenced by lots of factors. Attention should be paid to the assessment of the nutritional status, and targeted interventions should be formulated to improve their nutritional status.

Key words: malnutrition, influencing factors, Mini-Nutritional Assessment Short-Form, aged

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