Malnutrition in Home Care Patients

Abstract

Introduction: The studies on malnutrition are conducted in elderly with the prevalence ranging from 1% to 83%. The present study aimed to investigate the prevalence of malnutrition and the associated factors in the patients receiving homecare Method: The participants followed at home-care unit between January 2015 and June 2015 were enrolled into the study. Socio-demographic characteristics, comorbid conditions, laboratory markers, and the scores of mini nutritional assessment short form (MNA-SF) and mini nutritional assessment (MNA) scales were retrospectively retrieved from the patient’s files for all participants. MNA-SF is used as a screening test to assess the nutritional status, and the participants having a score of 23 normal nutritional status, 17-23 risk of malnutrition, and