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| Good nutritional oral intake is associated with equal survival in demented and nondemented very old patients | | Author(s) | Simone Franzoni, Giovanni B Frisoni, Stefano Boffelli |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 44, no 11, November 1996 |
| Pages | pp 1366-1370 |
| Keywords | Nutrition ; Malnutrition ; Death ; Dementia ; Over 70s ; Italy. |
| Annotation | Greater mortality in persons with dementia has frequently been partly attributed to associated malnutrition. This study aimed to evaluate the association of oral food intake with survival in 33 demented and 25 non-demented nursing home patients aged over 80 years in Italy. Mortality data was collected over a 28-month follow-up period. Association of survival with dementia was estimated by Kaplan-Meier analysis and multivariate Cox proportional hazard models. Findings revealed that nutrient intake and nutritional status were good compared to data in the literature, and were similar in demented and non-demented patients, except for smaller triceps skinfold thickness in patients with dementia. The cumulative annual death rate was 0.23 deaths per subject per year, similar in patients with dementia and patients without dementia. Unadjusted survival by Kaplan-Meier analysis was similar in the two groups, and correction for age, gender, cognition, triceps skinfold thickness, and the number of drugs in a Cox model did not alter the relationship. The study concluded that dementia developing in very old age is not necessarily associated with malnutrition and decreased life expectancy. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-970812226 A |
| Classmark | CF: CSM: CW: EA: BBK: 76V |
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