TY  - JOUR
T1  - Assessing the Nutritional Status and General Health in Nursing Homes Elderly People of
Ahvaz, 2016
AU - Papi, Shahab AU - Shahri, Parvin AU - Parsanahad, Maryam AU - Zilaee, Marzie 
JO  - Research Journal of Medical Sciences
VL  - 14
IS  - 1
SP  - 9
EP  - 14
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1815-9346
DO  - rjmsci.2020.9.14
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjmsci.2020.9.14
KW  - Elderly
KW  -nutritional assessment
KW  -mini-nutritional assessment
KW  -nursing homes
KW  -general health
KW  -general health questionnaire-12
AB  - Malnutrition is a common problem among
nursing homes elderly people. The current study evaluated
nutritional status, using the Mini Nutritional Assessment
(MNA) and general health, using General Health
Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12) in all nursing homes elderly
people of Ahvaz in 2016. This cross-sectional study
recruited 130 nursing homes elderly people, comprised of
44 males (33.8%) and 86 females (66.2%) at average of
70.0±7.8 years. The MNA was performed to estimate
functional, cognitive and nutritional status and GHQ-12
was completed to general health assessing. SPSS Software
was used for data analysis. According to the MNA
questionnaire, 13.1% of the elderly were malnourished,
60.0% at risk of malnutrition and 26.9% well nourished.
Weight loss, mobility, BMI and Neuropsychological
problems showed the strong correlations to total MNA
score. One hundred twenty nine elderly people (99.26%)
had undesirable general health status (score<3.5).
Considering the high percentage of elderly people with
malnutrition or at risk of malnutrition and undesirable
general health status, the need for intervention, especially,
nutritional and psychological intervention is obvious.
ER  -