Estado nutricional de los adultos mayores institucionalizados en siete hogares gerontológicos de la ciudad de Bogotá en el año 2017
In the elderly the nutritional status in Colombia follows the pattern of Latin America, protein-calorie malnutrition. There are no studies that demonstrate the risk factors for malnutrition in an institutionalized elderly, it is important to identify them since this age group has been increasing in...
- Autores:
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Burgos Pinzón, Nilson Camilo
Caicedo Ramos, Leidy Johana
Ortiz Moreno, Paula Andrea
Silva Rodríguez, Wendy Nayibe
- Tipo de recurso:
- Trabajo de grado de pregrado
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2017
- Institución:
- Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas y Ambientales U.D.C.A
- Repositorio:
- Repositorio Institucional UDCA
- Idioma:
- spa
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repository.udca.edu.co:11158/848
- Acceso en línea:
- https://repository.udca.edu.co/handle/11158/848
- Palabra clave:
- Adultos mayores
Estado nutricional
Malnutrición
Nutrición en ancianos
Ancianos -- Salud e higiéne
Desnutrición -- Investigaciones
Medicina
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| Summary: | In the elderly the nutritional status in Colombia follows the pattern of Latin America, protein-calorie malnutrition. There are no studies that demonstrate the risk factors for malnutrition in an institutionalized elderly, it is important to identify them since this age group has been increasing in the last decades, being able to identify nutritional alterations in time and thus preventing associated pathologies. In the present study, the nutritional status of the institutionalized elderly adults of the city of Bogota in the year 2017 was determined, characterizing them, establishing the prevalence of malnutrition and determining the nutritional status in relation to gender and age. was studied a sample of 80 elderly institutionalized in geriatric and gerontological homes in the city of Bogota between the ages of 60 and 99 years was screened and perimetric evaluation of the nutritional status was performed using the mini nutritional assessment scale. It was identified that 48% of the sample presented a risk of malnutrition, with a prevalence of 24% and in which women are 1.42 times more likely to show alterations in their nutritional status. Modifying factors such as the type of food, its mobility or considering polypharmacy as a risk for an inadequate nutritional status, it can reduce the prevalence of malnutrition in institutionalized patients reducing the burden for their caregivers, meaning to lower maintenance cost and mainly improving health in this type of population. |
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