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| Malnutrition and depression in recently hospitalised elderly in Cairo | | Author(s) | Muhammad Fouad Abd-al-Atty Ibrahim |
| Journal title | Bold, vol 23, no 2, February 2013 |
| Publisher | International Institute on Ageing (United Nations - Malta), February 2013 |
| Pages | pp 24-28 |
| Source | www.inia.org.mt |
| Keywords | Malnutrition ; Depression ; In-patients ; Admission [hospitals] ; Correlation ; Cross sectional surveys ; Egypt. |
| Annotation | Malnutrition and depression are highly prevalent in institutionalised older people. and can lead to unfavourable outcomes. This cross-sectional study conducted on 210 recently hospitalised older people in Cairo aimed to test the hypothesis that their reduced mood is associated with malnutrition. The study used a culturally adapted Arabic version of the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-11-A), the Arabic version of Mini Nutritional Assessment screening tool - short form (MNA-SF-A), and selected anthropometric and laboratory measurements. Depressed mood was found in 33.8% of the studied population. There was a higher percentage of malnutrition among depressed patients (63.8%) compared to 32.5% among non-depressed patients; the difference is highly significant statistically (p<0.001). Also, linear regression analysis showed that MNA score (nutritional status) is an independent risk factor for depressed mood with a negative correlation. Reduced mood is significantly related to poor nutritional status in recently hospitalised older people. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130503208 A |
| Classmark | CSM: ENR: LF7: LD:QKH: 49: 3KB: 7KA |
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