TY - JOUR
T1 - Nutritional assessment and factors associated with malnutrition among the elderly population of Nepal
T2 - A cross-sectional study
AU - Tamang, Man Kumar
AU - Yadav, Uday Narayan
AU - Hosseinzadeh, Hassan
AU - Kafle, Bharat
AU - Paudel, Girish
AU - Khatiwada, Saroj
AU - Sekaran, Varalakshmi Chandra
PY - 2019/4/30
Y1 - 2019/4/30
N2 - Objectives: This study aimed at assessing the nutritional status among the elderly population and factors associated with malnutrition in the community setting in rural Nepal. Results: Out of 339 participants, 24.8% (95% CI 20.21-29.30) fell into the normal nutritional status range; 49.6% (95% CI 44.29-54.91) were at risk for malnutrition while 24.8% (95% CI 20.21-29.30) were in the malnourished range, based on Mini Nutritional Assessment scores. Our findings revealed that belonging to a Dalit community, being unemployed, having experience of any form of mistreatment, lack of physical exercise, experiencing problems with concentration in past 30 days and taking medication for more than one co-morbidity was significantly associated with the malnutrition status of the elderly.
AB - Objectives: This study aimed at assessing the nutritional status among the elderly population and factors associated with malnutrition in the community setting in rural Nepal. Results: Out of 339 participants, 24.8% (95% CI 20.21-29.30) fell into the normal nutritional status range; 49.6% (95% CI 44.29-54.91) were at risk for malnutrition while 24.8% (95% CI 20.21-29.30) were in the malnourished range, based on Mini Nutritional Assessment scores. Our findings revealed that belonging to a Dalit community, being unemployed, having experience of any form of mistreatment, lack of physical exercise, experiencing problems with concentration in past 30 days and taking medication for more than one co-morbidity was significantly associated with the malnutrition status of the elderly.
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U2 - 10.1186/s13104-019-4282-4
DO - 10.1186/s13104-019-4282-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 31039794
AN - SCOPUS:85065150959
SN - 1756-0500
VL - 12
JO - BMC Research Notes
JF - BMC Research Notes
IS - 1
M1 - 246
ER -
