Sociodemographic and psychosocial factors affecting the nutritional state in the population older than 65 years from different attending levels
Jürschik P., Nuin C., Pera M., Bosch A., Fauria Y., Noguera T., Navarro N.

SUMMARY

   We pretend to analize which have the most negative repercusions on the nutritional state in the population older than 65 years from different attending levels. The measuring tool for the nutritional state was the Mini Nutricional Assessment (MNA). 190 subjects were included in the study: 44,9% men and 55,1% women, mean age: 75,81 years. The subjects who showed the worst nutritional state were those who were at middle and long stay centres, those older than 80 years, the subjects who were all day at home, those who felt sad and alone, those who were dependent on the basic activities of daily life and the subjects with cognoscitive damage.

KEY WORDS

   Nutrition in elder people, demographic factors, psychosocial factors.

Vol. 16 nº1-2005