Different components of nutritional status in older inpatients with cognitive impairment

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate different components of nutritional status in older patients with cognitive deficit, particularly in those with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: 560 elderly subjects aged ≥ 65 years consecutively admitted to an acute Ge...

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Published in:The Journal of nutrition, health & aging health & aging, 2012-05, Vol.16 (5), p.468-471
Main Author: Orsitto, Giuseppe
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of daily living
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aging
Alzheimer's disease
Biological and medical sciences
cognition
Cognition & reasoning
Cognitive ability
Cognitive Dysfunction - complications
Comorbidity
Cross-Sectional Studies
Dementia
Dementia - complications
Diet
eating habits
elderly
Feeding Behavior
Feeding. Feeding behavior
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Geriatric Assessment
Geriatrics
Geriatrics/Gerontology
Health Status
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Humans
Italy
Male
Malnutrition
Malnutrition - epidemiology
Malnutrition - etiology
Medical sciences
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Memory
Metabolic diseases
Neuropsychology
Neurosciences
nutrient content
Nutrition
Nutrition Assessment
Nutritional Status
Older people
Other nutritional diseases (malnutrition, nutritional and vitamin deficiencies...)
patients
Perception
Prevalence
Primary Care Medicine
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Quality of Life Research
Reference Values
Statistical analysis
Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems
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Summary:OBJECTIVES: To evaluate different components of nutritional status in older patients with cognitive deficit, particularly in those with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: 560 elderly subjects aged ≥ 65 years consecutively admitted to an acute Geriatric Unit of Apulia region of southern Italy. MEASUREMENTS: A standardized comprehensive geriatric assessment was used to evaluate medical, cognitive, affective and social aspects. Nutritional status was assessed using the mini nutritional assessment (MNA). The cognitive function was categorized into three levels — MCI, dementia or normal cognition (NoCI) — according to the neuropsychological test score. RESULTS: Subjects with cognitive decline had significantly lower frequency of well-nourished (MCI=10%, dementia=8%, NoCI=22%, p
ISSN:1279-7707
1760-4788
DOI:10.1007/s12603-012-0024-1