Prevalencia de desnutrición del adulto mayor al ingreso hospitalario

摘要: Background: The population older than 60 years in Mexico is growing changing the classic pyramidal demographic structure. This fact increasing risk of malnutrition elderly, specially under nutrition which a common problem among elderly people living at home and during hospitalizations, condition that closely related to morbidity, mortality costs. Objective: Describe prevalence malnourished who needs hospital admission. Design: Cross-sectional observational study. Setting: Third-level reference hospital. Subjects: Ninety seven consecutive subjects admitted hospitalization. Interventions: During first three days admission all were evaluated determine their nutritional status using Mini Nutritional Assessment Subjective Global Assessment; albumin, total lymphocytes, level income school grade also included. Results: Just 48% patients have finished primary 66% had middle economic incomes. According 69% associated (18% high 50% moderate risk). short form described 73% correlation with complete Assessment. 46% 20% classified severe respectively Kappa between was 42%. Risk Index mean value 85.9 ± 11, 80% when 11%. 70% serum albumin values 3 g/dl. Chang’s method 52% caloric undernutrition, 29% protein undernutrition 18% mixed undernutrition. Conclusions: Malnutrition admissions according different methods used. are useful low cost replicable evaluation tools population. could better