Nutritional Interventions in Older, Frail Persons with Heart Failure-A Systematic Narrative Review.

ABSTRACT: Frailty is a clinical condition common among older persons with heart failure (HF) and has been associated with an increased risk of adverse outcomes such as falls, disability, long-term care, and death. Malnutrition in terms of weight loss and sarcopenia is closely related to frailty. This review summarises nutritional interventions to improve components of frailty in older persons with HF. The online databases of Medline, Embase, Web of Science and Cinahl were searched in 2022 to identify studies of nutritional interventions among older persons with HF with outcomes related to frailty (e.g., body composition or functional measures). The records were screened, and eligible articles identified. In addition, reference lists of eligible articles and of four previously published reviews regar

SUBMITTER: Belqaid K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11549435 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature