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The Malnutrition Risk and Physical Activities in Home-Dwelling Older Adults During the COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Study

COVID-19 Pandemisinde Evde Yaşayan Yaşlı Yetişkinlerde Malnütrisyon Riski ve Fiziksel Aktivite: Kesitsel Bir Çalışma

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313–320
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2022-05-31
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Due to the time restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic, older adults might have had to engage in physical activity to meet their nutritional and personal needs.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Objective: During the COVID-19 pandemic, elderly adults’ nutritional habits, physical activity levels and the levels of malnutrition were affected.
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Key Findings & Data:This study investigated the prevalence of malnutrition and physical fitness and exercise activity levels in home dwelling elderly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Conclusion & Impact:Due to the time restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic, older adults might have had to engage in physical activity to meet their nutritional and personal needs.
🔬Design:Survey & Empirical Study
📍Scope:Comprehensive Sample
⚙️Variables:COVID-19 · yaşlı · malnütrisyon

Abstract

Objective: During the COVID-19 pandemic, elderly adults’ nutritional habits, physical activity levels and the levels of malnutrition were affected. This study investigated the prevalence of malnutrition and physical fitness and exercise activity levels in home dwelling elderly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Material and Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted with a face-to-face questionnaire on 670 (male: 241, female: 429) home-dwelling older adults with a mean age of 70.66±5.83 years. The nutritional screening and evaluation were performed using Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA), and physical conditions were evaluated with Physical Fitness and Exercise Activity Levels of The Older Adults’ Scale (PFES). Results: Findings were (1) malnutrition risk was higher at both age groups (65-74 and 75-90 aged) (p=0.001), (2) marital status (p=0.025), presence of chronic illness (p=0.001), use of drugs (p=0.006) affected nutritional status, (3) health status was affected by COVID-19 pandemic (p=0.001). Nutritional status and PFES scores did not changed according to malnutrition levels (p>0.05). Conclusion: Age, marital status, comorbidity, and use of drugs were independently associated with malnutrition in the elderly. Due to the time restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic, older adults might have had to engage in physical activity to meet their nutritional and personal needs.

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Amaç: COVID-19 pandemisi sırasında, yaşlıların beslenme alışkanlıkları, fiziksel aktivite düzeyleri ve malnütrisyon düzeyleri etkilenmiştir. Bu çalışmada, COVID-19 pandemisinde malnütrisyon prevalansı ile fiziksel sağlık ve egzersiz aktivite düzeylerinin evde yaşayan yaşlılar üzerindeki etkisi araştırılmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntem: Kesitsel tipteki bu çalışma, evde yaşayan yaş ortalaması 70,66±5,83 yıl olan, 670 (erkek:241, kadın:429) yaşlı bireyin katılımıyla yüz yüze anket yöntemi kullanılarak gerçekleştirilmiştir. Bireylerin beslenme taraması ve değerlendirmesi Mini Nütrisyonel Değerlendirme (MNA) Testi kullanılarak yapılmıştır, fiziksel aktivite seviyeleri ise Yaşlı Bireylerin Fiziksel Fitnes ve Aktivite Ölçeği (PFES) ile değerlendirilmiştir. Bulgular: (1) Her iki yaş grubunda da (65-74 ve 74-90 yaş) malnütrisyon riskinin yüksek olduğu (p=0,001), (2) medeni durum (p=0,025), kronik hastalık varlığı (p=0,001), ilaç kullanımının (p=0,006) beslenme durumunu etkilediği, (3) sağlık durumunun COVID-19 pandemisinden etkilendiği (p=0,001) saptanmıştır. Malnutrisyon düzeylerine göre beslenme durumu ve PFES skorları değişmemiştir (p>0.05). Sonuç: Yaşlılarda yaş, medeni durum, komorbidite ve ilaç kullanımı bağımsız olarak malnütrisyon ile ilişkili bulunmuştur. COVID-19 pandemisi sırasında uygulanan saat kısıtlamaları nedeniyle yaşlı yetişkinler beslenme ve kişisel gereksinimlerini karşılamak için fiziksel aktivite yapmak zorunda kalmış olabilirler.

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ÇİFTÇİ, S., ALTUN, H. K., SUNA, G. (2022). The Malnutrition Risk and Physical Activities in Home-Dwelling Older Adults During the COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Study. İzmir Katip Çelebi Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Dergisi, Cilt: 7 - Sayı: 2, 313–320. https://ajindex.com/articles/772668

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