Frailty and Malnutrition among Community Dwelling Older Adults | ||
| Mansoura Nursing Journal | ||
| Volume 9, Issue 2, July 2022, Pages 141-150 PDF (798.56 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/mnj.2022.293717 | ||
| Authors | ||
| doaa mohamed zein elabdeen* 1; Sageda Ali* 2; Soad Abd Elhameed* 3 | ||
| 1Demonstrator in Gerontological Nursing Department | ||
| 2Lecturer of Gerontological Nursing, Faculty of Nursing - Mansoura University | ||
| 3Assistant Professor of Gerontological Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing - Mansoura University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Ageing population is increasing rapidly worldwide, leading to significant outcomes for those population, and also lead growing prevalence of frailty which affects up to 51% of the geriatric population in developing countries. Frailty and malnutrition share common pathophysiology, and screenings tools include overlapping items, such as weight loss and impaired physical function, but they are different entities. Aim: Assess frailty and malnutrition among community-dwelling older adults. Method: Cross-sectional study design used throughout this study. A cluster sampling technique was utilized on 300 community-dwelling older adults in 3 urban and 3 rural areas affiliated to Dakahlia governorate. Data was collected using 3 tools, demographic and health-related data structured interview schedule, survey of health, aging, and retirement in Europe of the frailty indicator, and mini nutritional assessment questionnaire. Results: It was observed that 64.7% of the studied older adults were frail, 64.2% were malnutrition. It was noticed that, age, current work, number of diseases, and malnutrition were significant independent predictors for frailty as well as for malnutrition (p<0.001). Conclusion: it concluded that frailty and malnutrition were highly prevalent in communitydwellers in Egypt and that there was a relationship between frailty and malnutrition. Recommendation: Educational program for older adults with both conditions, and implementation of an intervention program is especially important for primary health care providers mainly for nurses especially during both Covid-19 pandemic and at an earlier stage of the conditions, regarding problems faced nurses when caring for frail and malnourished patients. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Frailty; Malnutrition; Community-Dwelling; Older Adults | ||
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