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Estudio del estado nutricional de los ancianos de Cantabria

2011; Arán Ediciones; Volume: 26; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3305/nh.2011.26.2.4762

1699-5198

M. Jiménez Sanz, J. M. Sola Villafranca, C. Pérez Ruiz, M. J. Turienzo Llata, G. Larrañaga Lavin, M. A. Mancebo Santamaría, M. C. Hernández Barranco, A. García Iglesias, J. L. Palacio Pellón, T. Pelillo García, S. Fernández del Moral Pinilla, Raquel Pedrero‐Chamizo, L. Gutiérrez García, P. Castro Ugalde, M. I. García Calderón, Ma José Cagigas Villoslada, M. R. Del Río Pelaz, A. I. Besoy González, B. Canduela Fontaneda, E. Castañeda García, A. De Cos Iglesia, M. J. De Cos Seco, R. Domínguez Salas, Michael A. Mata, T. González Gutiérrez, P. Alonso Diez, P. Barriga Gómez, I. Biurrun Ruiz, Ochoa Martínez, N. Cadaya Gabas, M.a C. López Martínez, N. Cobo Martínez, M. J. Correas Gutiérrez, R. García Diez, Josefina González Expósito, M. A. Gualdrón Romero, E. Higuera Cobo, Elaine Ruiz, R. Lozano Barcena, N. Ortiz García, S. Ruiz Bolado, G. Somonte Pérez,

Nutrition and Health in Aging

Introduction: Population ageing is a main concern under the biosanitary point of view. Aim: To assess the nutritional status of people 65 year- old and older in Cantabria (Spain) Method: A total of 1605 persons were studied by means of the MNA (Mini Nutritional Assessment); a) by pri- mary care (59.9% in the unit, and 4.7% at home) and, b) in nursing homes (35.4%). Results: Nutritional score (NS) was 23.4 ± 4.1 for women and 24.4 ± 4 in males (p < 0.001). We emphasize the fact that 22.3% of people studied in the nursing homes were malnourished or at risk of malnutrition, compared with 14.2% of those studied at the unit, and only 3.3% of the home visited elders. The correlation between the value of the NS and the subjective estimation of nutrition status showed a high value (0.65). We emphasize the negative correlation (-0.53) between BNI value and the incidence of skin lesions. Conclusion: Our results highlight the importance of identifying malnutrition or its risk in elders in order to prevent the negative consequences of this deficiency.