Food System as a Crucial Factor Defining Nutritional Status of Nursing Home Female Residents
HS, S., RR, M., SH, A., NM, A. (2017). Food System as a Crucial Factor Defining Nutritional Status of Nursing Home Female Residents. EKB Journal Management System, 4(2), 15-19. doi: 10.21608/ejgg.2017.5055
Sweed HS; Mabrouk RR; Ali SH; Abd el mawla NM. "Food System as a Crucial Factor Defining Nutritional Status of Nursing Home Female Residents". EKB Journal Management System, 4, 2, 2017, 15-19. doi: 10.21608/ejgg.2017.5055
HS, S., RR, M., SH, A., NM, A. (2017). 'Food System as a Crucial Factor Defining Nutritional Status of Nursing Home Female Residents', EKB Journal Management System, 4(2), pp. 15-19. doi: 10.21608/ejgg.2017.5055
HS, S., RR, M., SH, A., NM, A. Food System as a Crucial Factor Defining Nutritional Status of Nursing Home Female Residents. EKB Journal Management System, 2017; 4(2): 15-19. doi: 10.21608/ejgg.2017.5055

Food System as a Crucial Factor Defining Nutritional Status of Nursing Home Female Residents

The Egyptian Journal of Geriatrics and Gerontology
Article 4, Volume 4, Issue 2, October 2017, Page 15-19  XML PDF (990.26 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejgg.2017.5055
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Authors
Sweed HS1; Mabrouk RR2; Ali SH* 3; Abd el mawla NM3
11Geriatrics & Gerontology department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. 2Clinical Pathology department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University. Cairo, Egypt.
2Clinical Pathology department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University. Cairo, Egypt.
3Geriatrics & Gerontology department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Abstract
Background: Malnut ri tion in insti tutional ized elderly is of individual and publ ic concern and should be evaluated
Aim: To assess the nut ri tional status and discuss the relation between malnutri tion and food system among
female residents of elderly homes in Cai ro, Egypt .
Methods: From seven elderly homes in Cai ro, two hundred female residents were randomly selected. Medical data
was col lected. The MNA was used to assess thei r nut ri tional status then a questionnai re assessing the feeding
system in the elderly homes was appl ied to nursing home personnel .
Results: Among the 200 par t icipants, 28(14%) of them were malnourished, 94 (47%) were at risk of malnut ri tion
and 78 (39%) were wel l nour ished . The nursing home characters decreasing the risk of malnut ri tion were the
presence of dining room, food variabi l i ty, avai labi l i ty of al ternate food and the presence of dietician. Regarding
food habi ts; nasogast ric feeding, water cups <5.0 per day, non-f ried food, presence of diet regimens, absence of
snacks and absence of external food were associated wi th malnut ri tion.
Conclusions: Elderly homes play a crucial role in provision of a heal thy envi ronment for residents. To achieve
bet ter nut ri tional status, adjusting food system is needed. Pr esence of a dietician among the staff in elderly homes
has a paramount role in residents' nut ri tional status.
Keywords
Malnutri tion; Elder ly females; Nursing homes; Egypt
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