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Factores asociados al riesgo de desnutrición en mujeres mayoresen comunidades de bajos ingresos / Factors associated to risk of malnutrition amongst elderly women in low-income communities
Virtuoso-Junior, Jair sindra; Tribbes, Shiella; Romo-Perez, Vicente; Oliveira-Guerra, Ricardo.
Afiliação
  • Virtuoso-Junior, Jair sindra; Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro. Instituto de Ciências da Saúde. Uberaba. BR
  • Tribbes, Shiella; Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro. Instituto de Ciências da Saúde. Uberaba. BR
  • Romo-Perez, Vicente; Universidad de Vigo. Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación y del Deporte. Pontevedra. ES
  • Oliveira-Guerra, Ricardo; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Departamento de Fisioterapia. Natal. BR
Colomb. med ; 43(1): 54-62, Jan.-Mar. 2012. tab
Article em En | LILACS | ID: lil-673544
Biblioteca responsável: CO49.1
ABSTRACT

Objective:

The present study aimed to identify the prevalence and the factors associated with the risk ofmalnutrition in elderly women.

Methods:

The study deals with a cross-sectional design, with a sample of 222 women in the age group from 60to 96 years of age. An interview was carried out containing socio-demographic variables, clinical conditions, and behavioral aspects. The statistical analysis was accomplished via calculation of the respective prevalence ratios (PR) in the Poisson regression, p<0.05.

Results:

A prevalence of 33.8% (n=75) of women, considered with a malnutrition risk or undernourished, which started from the hierarchical multivariate analysis, was identified. A significant association with the age group ranging from 70 to 79 years of age (PR=2.1; CI 95% 1.3-6.7), low education level (PR=3.1; CI 95% 1.0-11,6), living with otherpeople (PR=2.0; CI 95% 1.0-4.6), the presence of depressive symptomatology (PR=2.1; CI 95% 1.0-7.1), absenceof administration of medication (PR=3.0; CI 95% 1.1-7.6), having had some food privation along their lives (PR=3.1; CI 95% 1.3-9.6), and with less than 75% of the time of physical activity in their leisure time (PR=2.0; CI 95% 1.0-4.7) were found.

Conclusion:

There is a high percentage of elderly women in situation of malnutrition risk, and the associatedfactors to the condition suggests a complex causal net in the determination of the nutritional state.
Assuntos
Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: LILACS Assunto principal: Fatores Socioeconômicos / Nível de Saúde / Estado Nutricional Tipo de estudo: Etiology_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Aspecto: Determinantes_sociais_saude / Equity_inequality / Patient_preference Idioma: En Revista: Colomb. med Assunto da revista: MEDICINA Ano de publicação: 2012 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil / Espanha País de publicação: Colômbia
Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: LILACS Assunto principal: Fatores Socioeconômicos / Nível de Saúde / Estado Nutricional Tipo de estudo: Etiology_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Aspecto: Determinantes_sociais_saude / Equity_inequality / Patient_preference Idioma: En Revista: Colomb. med Assunto da revista: MEDICINA Ano de publicação: 2012 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil / Espanha País de publicação: Colômbia