Comprehensive comparison of malnutrition and its associated factors between nursing home and community dwelling elderly: A case-control study from Northwestern Iran

Clinical Nutrition ESPEN
Maryam Saghafi-Asl, Elnaz Vaghef-Mehrabany

Abstract

Only a limited number of studies have compared nursing home and community residing elderly in terms of health-related issues. The present study aimed to compare nutritional status and its associated factors between nursing home residents and community-dwelling seniors. In this case-control, age- and gender-matched study in Tabriz (East Azarbaijan, Iran), elderly subjects aged 65 years and older were recruited from nursing homes (n = 76) and community (n = 88). Anthropometric, blood pressure and dietary intake measurements, as well as biochemical assays were performed. Nutritional status (Mini Nutritional Assessment: MNA), cognitive function (Mini Mental State Examination: MMSE) and physical performance (Barthel Index) were assessed and compared between the two settings. Nursing home residents had significantly lower body mass index (BMI), limbs, waist and hip circumferences, and diastolic blood pressure. Caloric and protein intake of the groups were similar, while nursing home residents received lower amounts of many micronutrients and saturated fats and higher polyunsaturated fats. MNA, MMSE and Barthel index scores were significantly different between the groups, all of them in favor of the free living elderly (p < 0.001, p <...Continue Reading

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