Malnutrition risks and their associated factors among home-living older Chinese adults in Hong Kong: hidden problems in an affluent Chinese community
| العنوان: | Malnutrition risks and their associated factors among home-living older Chinese adults in Hong Kong: hidden problems in an affluent Chinese community |
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| المؤلفون: | Martin M. H. Wong, Winnie K. W. So, Kai Chow Choi, Regina Cheung, Helen Y. L. Chan, Janet W. H. Sit, Brenda Ho, Francis Li, Tin Yan Lee, Sek Ying Chair |
| المصدر: | BMC Geriatrics BMC Geriatrics, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2019) |
| سنة النشر: | 2018 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Male, Population ageing, China, Community organization, medicine.medical_treatment, Psychological intervention, Well-developed society, Nutritional Status, lcsh:Geriatrics, Logistic regression, Community-dwelling older adults, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Risk Factors, Environmental health, medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Geriatric Assessment, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Rehabilitation, Chinese, business.industry, Malnutrition, Chinese adults, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, lcsh:RC952-954.6, Cross-Sectional Studies, Nutrition Assessment, Social Class, Hong Kong, Female, Independent Living, Geriatrics and Gerontology, business, Mini nutritional assessment, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Research Article |
| الوصف: | Background Although China is undergoing rapid economic development, it is facing an ageing population. No data exists on malnutrition risks of older adults in an affluent Chinese society. The aim of this study is to examine these risks and identify their associated factors among home-living older Chinese adults in Hong Kong. Methods This is a cross-sectional study, to which home-living subjects aged 60 or above were recruited, between May and September 2017, from a non-governmental community organisation located in three different districts of Hong Kong. Nutritional status was assessed by the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA), and its associated factors examined included socio-demographic characteristics, lifestyle, health status and diet. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed to identify factors associated with malnutrition risks (MNA |
| تدمد: | 1471-2318 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::beed2991f6a593e76380015047a807fb https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31122189 |
| Rights: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....beed2991f6a593e76380015047a807fb |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 14712318 |
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