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Social and economic correlates of malnutrition in Polish elderly population: The results of PolSenior study.
- Source :
- Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging; Apr2015, Vol. 19 Issue 4, p397-402, 6p
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of malnutrition in Polish elderly population and analyse its social and economic correlates based on the data from the PolSenior project, the first large-scale study of a representative group of Polish seniors. Design: A cross-sectional population-based study. Setting: All territorial provinces in Poland. Participants: 4482 community-dwelling respondents aged 65 years or above (women: n=2142, age=79.0±8.4 years; men: n=2340, age= 78.3±8.6 years). Measurements: The nutritional status of participants was assessed through the Mini Nutritional Assessment Short Form (the revised MNA-SF). Out of social and economic correlates we evaluated age, sex, level of education, marital status, place of residence, living conditions and economic status. Economic status of the respondents was determined on the basis of questions on how well they could manage their own budgets. Those who could afford only the cheapest food or clothes were considered the group of self-reported poverty. Results: Frequency of malnutrition in the PolSenior population accounted for 7.5% (in 5.0% men and 9.0% women; p<0.001). The risk of malnutrition was present in 38.9% (33.3% men and 42.4% women; p<0.001). In our study female sex, older age, unmarried status, living in a rural area and self-reported poverty were independent correlates of malnutrition. Conclusions: Our data showed high prevalence of malnutrition and the risk of its development among the community-dwelling elderly people in Poland. Screening with MNA-SF should focus in particular on unmarried, poorly educated individuals, in late old age, living in rural areas and self-reporting a poor financial state, especially women. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ACADEMIC medical centers
MALNUTRITION
AGE distribution
CHI-squared test
CONFIDENCE intervals
NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL tests
MULTIVARIATE analysis
PSYCHOLOGICAL tests
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH funding
SEX distribution
STATISTICS
LOGISTIC regression analysis
DATA analysis
SOCIOECONOMIC factors
GERIATRIC Depression Scale
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
ODDS ratio
MANN Whitney U Test
KRUSKAL-Wallis Test
OLD age
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 12797707
- Volume :
- 19
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 102037772
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12603-014-0572-7