Factors associated to risk of malnutrition amongst elderly women in low-income communities.
| dc.contributor.author | Virtuoso Júnior, Jair Sindra | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tribess, Sheilla | |
| dc.contributor.author | Romo Perez, Vicente | |
| dc.contributor.author | Oliveira Guerra, Ricardo | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-11-01T15:33:21Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-11-01T15:33:21Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-11-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Objective: The present study aimed to identify the prevalence and the factors associated with the risk of malnutrition in elderly women. Methods: The study deals with a cross-sectional design, with a sample of 222 women in the age group from 60 to 96 years of age. An interview was carried out containing socio-demographic variables, clinical conditions, and behavioral aspects. The statistical analysis was accomplished via calculation of the respective prevalence ratios (PR) in the Poisson regression, p<0.05. Results: A prevalence of 33.8% (n=75) of women, considered with a malnutrition risk or undernourished, which started from the hierarchical multivariate analysis, was identified. A significant association with the age group ranging from 70 to 79 years of age (PR=2.1; CI 95%: 1.3-6.7), low education level (PR=3.1; CI 95%: 1.0-11,6), living with other people (PR=2.0; CI 95%: 1.0-4.6), the presence of depressive symptomatology (PR=2.1; CI 95%: 1.0-7.1), absence of administration of medication (PR=3.0; CI 95%: 1.1-7.6), having had some food privation along their lives (PR=3.1; CI 95%: 1.3-9.6), and with less than 75% of the time of physical activity in their leisure time (PR=2.0; CI 95%: 1.0- 4.7) were found. Conclusion: There is a high percentage of elderly women in situation of malnutrition risk, and the associated factors to the condition suggests a complex causal net in the determination of the nutritional state. | spa |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10893/3939 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | spa |
| dc.rights.accessrights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | spa |
| dc.subject | Nutritional status | spa |
| dc.subject | Health status | spa |
| dc.subject | Socioeconomic factors | spa |
| dc.title | Factors associated to risk of malnutrition amongst elderly women in low-income communities. | spa |
| dc.title.alternative | Factores asociados al riesgo de desnutrición en mujeres mayores en comunidades de bajos ingresos | spa |
| dc.type | Artículo de revista | spa |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication |