Volume : III, Issue : VII, July - 2014
A Study to Assess Nutritional Status of Hospitalized Geriatric Age Group Patients of A Tertiary Care Hospital of Central India Using Mini Nutritional Assessment Score
Vivek Nagar, Saket Kale, Seema Patel, Ankur Joshi, J S Meena
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Introduction: Malnutrition in hospitalized patient in geriatric age group is a neglected problem in setting of India, with little attention towards nutritional assessment. Objective: The current study aims for nutritional assessment in geriatric population utilizing Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA). Methodology: A cross sectional study in a tertiary care hospital of central India conducted on patients ≥ 60 years admitted during the period of Sep to Dec 2013 using MNA tool, excluding patients with severe disability and those in Intensive care unit (ICU). Result: A significant association was found between malnutrition & older age (P=0.0001), malnutrition & female gender (0.0096) and negative correlation between MNA score and age(r= -0.488, P=0.000), using chi square test & pearsons’ correlation coefficient. Conclusion: This study is first of its kind in the setting of central India and lays a foundation of further research in context of geriatric age group in hospitalized.
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A STUDY TO ASSESS NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF HOSPITALIZED GERIATRIC AGE GROUP PATIENTS OF A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL OF CENTRAL INDIA USING MINI NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT SCORE, Vivek Nagar, Saket Kale, Seema Patel, Ankur Joshi, J S Meena GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-3 | Issue-7 | July-2014
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A STUDY TO ASSESS NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF HOSPITALIZED GERIATRIC AGE GROUP PATIENTS OF A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL OF CENTRAL INDIA USING MINI NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT SCORE, Vivek Nagar, Saket Kale, Seema Patel, Ankur Joshi, J S Meena GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-3 | Issue-7 | July-2014