Risk assessment on nutrition and malnutrition for elderly adults in Kunming City
Objective To carry out nutrition and malnutrition risk assessment for elderly adults in Kunming City.Methods From September to December 2020,multistage sampling method was adopted,3737 residents aged over 65 years were investigated by the Malnutrition Risk Assessment of the Aged(WS/T552-2017),and a ordinal logistic regression model was used to analyze the influencing factors of the malnutrition risk for elderly adults.Results A total of 1813(48.51％)elderly adults had the score less than 12 and were conducted nutrition assessment further,the percentage of malnutrition and risk of malnutrition risk were 20.74％,56.15％,respectively.The percentage of well-nourish were 23.1％.Thin(OR=1.435,95％CI:1.034-1.990),having more than three chronic diseases(OR=1.833,95％CI:1.461-2.303),long-term medication with more than three kinds of medicines(OR=2.167,95％CI:1.747-2.762),sleeping less than five hours a night(OR=1.697,95％CI:1.416-2.032),taking part in outdoor activities for less than one hour every day(OR=1.952,95％CI:1.590-2.396),having general or poor economic condition(OR=1.723,95％CI:1.209-2.457 or OR=1.644,95％CI:1.404-1.925),eating rely on others or eating disorder(OR=14.126,95％CI:9.994-19.945 or OR=3.065,95％CI:2.319-4.055),having two meals a day(OR=1.682,95％CI:1.392-2.030),insufficient daily intake of milk/soy products/fish/meat/poultry/eggs＜3 kinds(OR=1.637,95％CI:1.381-1.941),having more than 25 g edible oil every day(OR=1.737,95％CI:1.499-2.012)and insuf-ficient daily intake of vegetables and fruits(＜500 g)(OR=1.800,95％CI:1.531-2.117)were the main risk factors for malnutrition/the risk of malnutrition.Conclusion The nutritional status of the elderly in Kunming community is bad.Local community health service centers(stations)or public nutrition institutions should carry out various forms of nu-trition education and nutrition intervention in order to improve the nutritional status of the elderly.
Nutrition conditionThe malnutrition risk assessmentElderly adultsKunming City
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