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- Title
PERFIL NUTRICIONAL DE PACIENTES ADULTOS E IDOSOS HOSPITALIZADOS.
- Authors
Azevedo, Arúquia Souza; Oliveira, Dayane Cardoso; Soares, Priscilla Kálisy Duarte; Jones, Kimberly Marie; Soares, Fernando Bryan Duarte; Silva, Juliany Neves; Soares, Wellington Danilo
- Abstract
The feeding habits of hospitalized adults and elderly people in a government-run hospital in Montes Claros MG Brazil are evaluated. Current descriptive, quantitative and transversal research comprised nutritional evaluation, Body Mass Index (BMI) and Total Subjective Evaluation (TSE) of 39 patients, males and females, over 18 years old, randomly selected and hospitalized in a government-run hospital in Montes Claros MG Brazil. Further, 32.35% of patients were eutrophic, with BMI > 20.5 kg/m²; 61.76% were obese, with BMI > 25 kg/m². Undernourishment occurred in 5.88% of adult patients, with BMI < 20.5 kg/m². In the case of the elderly, 40% were obese and 20% were undernourished. In the case of TSE, adults and elderly were classified under category C, seriously undernourished. The patients' nutritional state was proved by high prevalence of nutritional risks and overweight/obesity. Results revealed the importance of the employment of more than one method for nutritional selection in hospitalized patients for better evaluation.
- Publication
Saúde e Pesquisa, 2016, Vol 9, Issue 1, p25
- ISSN
1983-1870
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.17765/1983-1870.2016v9n1p25-29