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- Title
Estado nutricional de idosos, avaliados em domicílio, com dificuldade de acesso ao serviço de atenção básica.
- Authors
do Rio Alvares, Regina; Trincaus, Maria Regiane; Teles Sangaleti, Carine
- Abstract
Introduction: Increased life expectancy is a social achievement, but may rise the number of elderly dependents, both in the social environment and fami ly environments. The reduct ion in the cost of hospital and inst itut ional care is one reason for the permanence of the disabled elderly in their own homes, making the home support a necessity. The process of assessing the health of elderly encompasses analyzes of clinical and psychosocial aspects, and the nutritional status is of the clinical conditions of greater importance due to its relationship to morbidity and mortality in this population. Objective: To determine, in the household, the nutritional status of elderly with limited access to the facility through different nutritional evaluation tools. The study was conducted with 18 elderly men and women enrol led in the Fami ly Health Unit -- PSF Dourados, in the city of Guarapuava-PR, Brazi l, who received regular visits from community health agents. Results: Many of the elderly had some degree of malnutrition, and evaluation using anthropometric measurements was more accurate than the one held by nutritional mini-evaluation. Conclusion: We conclude that, regardless of the instrument used for analysis, there was high prevalence of malnutrition, and nutritional assessment of the elderly, held at home, is powerful tool for evaluation and intervention in their nutritional status.
- Subjects
GERIATRIC nutrition; SOCIAL context; NUTRITION research; NUTRITIONAL assessment; NUTRITIONAL status
- Publication
Demetra: Food, Nutrition & Health / Alimentação, Nutrição & Saúde, 2014, Vol 9, Issue 3, p727
- ISSN
2238-913X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12957/demetra.2014.10518