Malnutrition and associated variables in an elderly population of Criciúma, SC;Desnutrição e variáveis associadas em uma população de idosos em Criciúma-SC

Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 56-61

  Ribeiro, Rita Suselaine Vieira ^a   da Rosa, Maria Inês ^a   Bozzetti, Mary Clarisse ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO EXTREMO SUL CATARINENSE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Elderly; Malnutrition; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952650335     PISSN: 01044230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0104-42302011000100017     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Pepersack T. Nutritional problems in the elderly. Acta Clin Belg. 2009; 64:85-91.
2. McGee M, Jensen GL. Nutrition in the elderly. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2000; 30:374-8.
3. Rush D. Nutrition screening in old people: its place in a coherent practice of preventive health care. Ann Rev Nutr. 1997; 17:101-25.
4. Sullivan DH, Patch GA, Walls RC, Lipschitz DA. Impact of nutrition status on morbidity and mortality in a select population of geriatric rehabilitation patients. Am J Clin Nutr. 1990; 51:749-58.
5. Morley JE, Silver AJ. Nutritional issues in nursing home care. Ann Intern Med. 1995; 123:850-9.
6. Guigoz Y, Vellas B. Assessing the nutritional status of the elderly: the Mini Nutritional Assessment as part of the geriatric evaluation. Nutr Rev. 1996; 54(Suppl 2):S59-S65.
7. rd ed. The Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA); 1997:15-60.
8. Vellas B, Guigoz Y, Garry P. The mini nutritional assessment (MNA) and is use in grading the nutritional state of elderly patients. Nutrition. 1999; 15:116-22.
9. Gazzotti C, Pepinster A, Petermans J, Albert A. Interobserver agreement on MNA nutritional scale of hospitalized elderly patients. J Nutr Health Aging. 1997; 1:23-7.
10. Compan B, Dicastri A, Plaze JM, Arnaud-Battandier F. Epidemiological study of malnutrition in elderly patients in acute, sub-acute and long-term care using the MNA. J Nutr Health Aging. 1999; 3:146-51.
11. Rubenstein LZ. Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) and the MNA: an overview of CGA, nutritional assessment and development of a shortened version of the Mini Nutritional Assessment. In: Vellas B, Garry PJ, Guigoz Y, editors. Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA): research and practice in elderly. Nestlé clinical and performance nutrition workshop series, vol 1. Basel: Karger; 1999. v.1, p.101-16.
12. Guigoz Y. The Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) review of the literature - what does it tell us? J Nutr Health Aging. 2006; 10:466-87.
13. World Health Organization. Obesity: preventing and managing the global epidemic. Report on a consultative meeting. Geneva: World Health Organization; 1997.
14. Patrick JM, Bassey EJ, Fentem PH. Changes in body fat and muscle in manual workers at and after retirement. Eur J Appl Physiol Occup Physiol. 1982; 49:187-96.
15. Conceição J. Study of the anthropometric indicators among a population of 224 elderly subjects living in a retirement home. Ann Gerontol. 1993; 23:26-34.
16. Sergi G, Perissinotto E, Pisent C, Buja A, Maggi S, Coin A, et al. An adequate threshold for body mass index to detect underweight condition in elderly persons: the Italian Longitudinal Study on Aging (ILSA). J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2005; 60:866-71.
17. Mowe M, Bohmer T, Kindt E: Reduced nutritional status in an elderly population (> 70 y) is probable before disease and possibly contributes to the development of disease. Am J Clin Nutr. 1994; 59:317-24.
18. Rush D. Nutrition screening in old people: its place in a coherent practice of preventive health care. Ann Rev Nutr. 1997; 17:101-25.
19. Jones JM. The methodology of nutritional screening and assessment tools. J Hum Nutr Diet. 2002; 15:59-71.
20. Quadri P, Fraggiacomo C, Pertoldi W, Guigoz Y, Herrmann F, Rapin CH. MNA and cost of care. In: Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA): research and practice in elderly. Nestle. A clinical and performance nutrition workshop series. Basel: Karger; 1999. v.1, p.141-9.
21. Saletti A, Lindgren EY, Johansson L, Cederholm T. Nutritional status according to Mini Nutritional Assessment in an institutionalized elderly population in Sweden. Gerontology. 2000; 46:139-45.
22. Moriguti JC, Moriguti EKU, Ferriolli E, Cação JC, Lucif Junior N, Marchin JS. Involuntary weight loss in elderly individuals: assess-assessment and treatment. São Paulo Med J. 2001; 119(2):72-7.
23. De Sousa VMC, Guariento ME. Evaluation of the malnourished el-elderly. Rev Bras Clin Med. 2009; 7:46-9.