title: [Evaluation of the nutritional risk in elderly assisted by family health teams].
abstract: Changes in the nutritional state contribute to an increase of morbi-mortality among the elderly. The instrument Nutrition Screening Initiative (NSI) was developed in order to identify nutritional risks in this population group. This study aims to describe the socio-demographic profile and evaluate the nutritional risk of the elderly assisted by Family Health Strategy teams. It is a cross-sectional study with a sample of 503 older people living in Dourados (MS).
  
  
  METHODS
  NSI and structured questionnaire for the health socio-demographic variables. There was a prevalence of female people, aged between 60 and 69 years old, widowers, illiterate, with a per capita income up to one minimum salary with hypertension and regular health self-evaluation. The NSI allowed to identify 33.2% of the elderly with high nutritional risk, which was significantly associated to the low level of education, low per capita income and chronic diseases. As a tracking method, the NSI was useful to identify the social and health determinants that contribute to the nutritional risk.
authors.affiliation: Enfermagem pela Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil. marciaregina@uems.br
authors.forename: Márcia Regina Martins
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Alvarenga
authors.forename: Maria Amélia de Campos
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Odival
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Faccenda
authors.forename: Fernanda
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Amendola
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D010348:Patient Care Team; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors