Do family caregivers recognize malnutrition in the frail elderly?
Do family caregivers recognize malnutrition in the frail elderly?
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家庭照顾者是否认识到体弱老年人营养不良？
DOI：
10.1111/j.1532-5415.1993.tb06732.x
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发表时间：
1993
影响因子：
6.3
通讯作者：
Albert,SM
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作者：
Albert,SM
目的：确定家庭照料者是否意识到严重体重不足老年人的营养不良风险，并相应地增加营养护理工作。设计：病例对照研究。参与者：社区老年人的家庭照顾者。测量：营养不良的风险由体重指数≤定义为全国65-90岁老年人平均水平的5个百分位数。结果：与没有营养不良风险的老年人的照顾者相比，营养不良老年人的照顾者更有可能给老年人补充蛋白质，使老年人能够获得食物，并鼓励和压力老年人进食。结论：照顾者识别老年人的营养不良的粗略迹象，增加营养护理的反应，他们声称的健康专业知识理应得到一定程度的支持。
Objective: To determine if family caregivers are aware of the severely underweight elder's risk of malnutrition and accordingly increase nutritional care efforts.Design: Case‐control study.Participants: Familial caregivers to community‐dwelling elders.Measurements: Risk of malnutrition as defined by body mass index ≤ 5th percentile of the national average for elders aged 65–90.Results: Compared with caregivers of elders without risk for malnutrition, caregivers to undernourished elders are significantly more likely to give elders protein supplements, to make foods accessible to elders, and to encourage and pressure the elder to eat.Conclusions: Caregivers recognize gross signs of malnutrition in elders, increase nutritional care in response, and deserve some measure of support for their claims of health expertise.