Prevalence of malnutrition and its correlates in older adults living in long stay institutions situated in Beirut, Lebanon

Journal of Research in Health Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 11-17

  El Zoghbi, Mohamad ^a   Boulos, Christa ^b   Awada, Sanaa ^a   Rachidi, Samar ^a   Al Hajje, Amal ^a   Bawab, Wafaa ^a   Saleh, Nadine ^a   Salameh, Pascale ^a  

^a LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Elderly; Lebanon; Malnutrition; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEBANON; LONELINESS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MINI NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL ISOLATION; BODY MASS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HOME FOR THE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELDER NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LEBANON; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOMES; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84898883007     PISSN: 16822765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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