title: Prevalence of undernutrition in a long-term care facility in Qatar.
abstract: This study assessed the nutritional status of 130 Qatari patients aged 65 to 90 years who were residing in a long-term care facility for six months. Admission weight was not measured for 49.2% of the subjects. Of those whose weight was measured at admission, assessment at six months indicated that 21.3% had lost more than 10% of their admission weight, 38.9% were under the fifth percentile of body mass index (BMI), 39.8% had a BMI less than 21, 27.1% had albumin level below 34 g/L, and 18.6% had total cholesterol below (140 mg/dl). The study showed a high prevalence of undernutrition among these long-term care residents and indicated that appropriate nutritional assessment and nutrition care were not fully implemented during their stay in the facility.
authors.affiliation: Human Nutrition Program, Department of Health Sciences, College of Arts & Science, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar. ahassan@qu.edu.qa
authors.forename: Abdelmonem
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hassan
authors.forename: Morwan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ramadan
authors.forename: Mohamed Osman
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Abdel-Rahman
authors.forename: Abdelhamid
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kerkadi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D015897:Comorbidity; D003704:Dementia / Q000453:epidemiology; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008297:Male; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009752:Nutritional Status; D015995:Prevalence; D011780:Qatar / Q000453:epidemiology; D015431:Weight Loss / Q000502:physiology*