Malnutrition among older adults living in Portuguese nursing homes: the PEN-3S study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To characterise the nutritional status and to identify malnutrition-associated variables of older adults living in Portuguese nursing homes.

Design

Cross-sectional study. Data on demographic and socio-economic characteristics, self-reported morbidity, eating-related problems, nutritional status, cognitive function, depression symptoms, loneliness feelings and functional status were collected by trained nutritionists through a computer-assisted face-to-face structured interview followed by standardised anthropometric measurements. Logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with being at risk of malnutrition/malnourished.

Setting

Portuguese nursing homes.

Subjects

Nationally representative sample of the Portuguese population aged 65 yea

SUBMITTER: Madeira T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10260583 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature