Undernourished and Undertreated: The Role of Nutritional Care in Geriatric Hospital Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Malnutrition is highly prevalent in hospitalized older adults and is associated with adverse clinical outcomes. However, the extent to which nutritional care is systematically implemented and its relationship with outcomes remains unclear.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective analysis of 4963 patients aged ≥65 years who were admitted to the National Institute for Health and Scientific Research for the Elderly (IRCCS INRCA, Ancona, Italy) between 2012 and 2020 and received at least one nutritional consultation. We examined associations between timing and type of nutritional interventions, the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI), and clinical outcomes, including in-hospital mortality and length of hospital stay (LOS). We also analyzed the prevalence of different

SUBMITTER: Orlandoni P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12472704 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature