title: [Nutritional status of elderly patients at admission to a general psychiatric hospital. An inventory].
abstract: The nutritional status of 121 psychiatric patients over the age of 60 years was examined on admission in a general psychiatric hospital. Before admission all patients were living independently. They were admitted directly from their homes. We found that the older psychiatric patient is evidently at risk for malnutrition. A quarter of the males had, according to the Quetelet's index, a low weight. Half of the males and one third of the females had a thiamin-deficiency, whereas half of all patients showed a deficiency of folic acid. Furthermore, in half of the males and one tenth of the females anaemia was diagnosed. Widowers and to a lesser extent also patients with an organic brain disease or psychotic disturbance ran a greater risk of malnutrition in comparison to their fellow patients. A relation between behaviour, measured by the Nosie (Nursing Observation Scale for Inpatient Evaluation) and the nutritional status was not found.
authors.affiliation: Deltaziekenhuis, Poortugaal.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Mookhoek
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Colon
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000747:Anemia, Hypochromic / Q000175:diagnosis; D000886:Anthropometry; D005260:Female; D005494:Folic Acid Deficiency / Q000175:diagnosis; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D009752:Nutritional Status; D010343:Patient Admission; D012737:Sex Factors; D012847:Single Person; D013832:Thiamine Deficiency / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: De voedingstoestand van oudere patiënten bij opname in een algemeen psychiatrisch ziekenhuis. Een inventarisatie.