Nutritional status in women aged 60 and older, living in a private asylum in the City of Guadalajara, Jalisco. México
Abstract Aim. To determine the nutritional status of women 60 years and older, private nursing home residents in the city of Guadalajara issued under different diagnostic methods and risk indicators and nutritional assessment and propose the most suitable for prevalence of use in future research. Material and Methods. An Study Descriptive, transversal, In 52 women 60 years and more residents of a private asylum in Guadalajara Jalisco Nutritional assessment: 1) indirect and subjective status and nutritional risk by the questionnaire "Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA). direct and objective anthropometric and Tables by percentiles. Results. Nutritional status, according to the MNA, is distributed: satisfactory nutritional status in 7.7%, at risk of malnutrition at 71.2% and malnutrition in 21.2%. By Body Mass Index (BMI) in women> 60 years and more; 25.3 ± 6.8, 42.3% prevalence associated with malnutrition problems in old age. Conclusions. Nutritional status is not encouraging, as the trend is towards malnutrition in the short and medium term if not done timely nutritional intervention. The most useful indicators of prevalence in the diagnosis of nutritional status were kg/m2 BMI, % CB and percentiles (P) for the current weight kg, and MNA for nutritional risk.
Main Authors: | Dueñas Santillán,Anani, Peña Cisneros,Erik Misael, Sánchez Rivera,Patricia, Balderrama Díaz,Raquel, Hernández Medina,Miriam Selene, Garnica Guerrero,Beatriz, Ruvalcaba Ledezma,Jesús Carlos |
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Format: | Digital revista |
Language: | English |
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Research and Science S.L.
2021
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Online Access: | https://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2529-850X2021000500745 |
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