Refrigerator content and hospital admission in old people

We assessed whether the refrigerator contents of elderly people could be related to subsequent admission to hospital. 132 patients aged over 65 years had a thorough assessment of their refrigerator contents and the numbers and dates of admission were recorded. Elderly people with empty refrigerators...

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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) 2000-08, Vol.356 (9229), p.563-563
Main Authors: Boumendjel, Nadir, Herrmann, François, Girod, Véronique, Sieber, Cornel, Rapin, Charles-Henri
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Air. Soil. Water. Waste. Feeding
Biological and medical sciences
Environment. Living conditions
Female
Food
Food quality
Geriatric Assessment
Health Status
Hospitalization
Human physiology applied to population studies and life conditions. Human ecophysiology
Humans
Male
Malnutrition
Medical sciences
Nutrition Disorders - diagnosis
Nutritional survey. Food supply and nutritional requirement
Older people
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Refrigeration
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Summary:We assessed whether the refrigerator contents of elderly people could be related to subsequent admission to hospital. 132 patients aged over 65 years had a thorough assessment of their refrigerator contents and the numbers and dates of admission were recorded. Elderly people with empty refrigerators were more frequently admitted (p=0·032) in the month after assessment and three times sooner than those who did not have empty refrigerators (34 vs 100 days, p=0·002).
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(00)02583-6