title: Dynamics of nutritional health in a community sample of american elders: a multidimensional approach using roy adaptation model.
abstract: Nutritional health of community-dwelling elders has been shown to be one of the prime indices of health, influencing the elders' ability to live independently. However, little research has been directed toward understanding the dynamics of nutritional health in community-dwelling elders using a multidimensional theory approach. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the dynamics of nutritional health within the context of Roy Adaptation Model. Factors associated with nutritional health of community-dwelling elders were cross-examined. Depressive symptoms, functional status, oral health, and income emerged as independent predictors of nutritional health adjusting for confounders. This finding lends support to the notion that multidimensional biopsychosocial factors contribute to the dynamics of nutritional health.
authors.affiliation: National Taiwan University School of Nursing & National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. cheryl.chen@ha.mc.ntu.edu.tw
authors.forename: Cheryl Chia-Hui
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Chin-Kuo
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Deborah A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Chyun
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McCorkle
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015897:Comorbidity; D003237:Connecticut / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009752:Nutritional Status; D009909:Oral Health; D012931:Social Environment