Risk of malnutrition and health-related quality of life in community-living elderly men and women: the Tromsø study

Artikkelen omhandler en studie hvor hensikten var å undersøke assosiasjoner mellom risiko for underernæring, kroppsmasseindeks og livskvalitet hos eldre menn og kvinner i den generelle befolkningen. Purpose: to explore the association between risk of malnutrition as well as current body mass index (...

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Published in:Quality of Life Research
Main Authors: Kvamme, Jan-Magnus, Olsen, Jan, Florholmen, Jon, Jacobsen, Bjarne
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2011
Subjects:
pasientsikkerhet
sikkerhet
helsevesen
risiko
pasienter
eldre
aldring
kosthold
mat
ernæring
underernæring
forebygging
livskvalitet
HRQoL
EQ-5D
body mass index
kroppsmasseindeks
BMI
KMI
screening
ernæringsvurdering
ernæringsstatus
tverrsnitt
tverrsnittstudie
Tromsø
Norge
Norway
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2445067
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-010-9788-0
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Summary:Artikkelen omhandler en studie hvor hensikten var å undersøke assosiasjoner mellom risiko for underernæring, kroppsmasseindeks og livskvalitet hos eldre menn og kvinner i den generelle befolkningen. Purpose: to explore the association between risk of malnutrition as well as current body mass index (BMI) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in elderly men and women from the general population. Methods: in a cross-sectional population survey including 1,632 men and 1,654 women aged 65 to 87 years from the municipality of Tromsø, Norway, we assessed HRQoL by using the EuroQol (EQ-5D) instrument in three risk groups of malnutrition and in different categories of BMI. The Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (‘MUST’) was used to evaluate the risk of malnutrition. Results: we found a significant reduction in HRQoL with an increasing risk of malnutrition, and this was more pronounced in men than in women. The relationship between BMI and HRQoL was dome shaped, with the highest score values in the BMI category being 25–27.5 kg/m2. Conclusions HRQoL was significantly reduced in elderly men and women at risk of malnutrition. The highest HRQoL was seen in moderately overweight individuals.

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