PERFIL NUTRICIONAL DE IDOSOS HOSPITALIZADOS

Abstract

This study aimed to know the nutritional profile of elderly patients hospitalized in a public hospital. A retrospective survey of 250 nutritional assessment sheets of elderly people admitted to the hospital service was carried out, where anthropometric data, nutritional diagnosis and laboratory tests were collected. Prevalence of low weight and lean mass depletion was detected among the oldest old, as well as a significant correlation between the levels of albumin and creatine with the muscular depletion measured by the calf circumference (CP). Regarding food intake, it was observed that 14% ingested a lower amount than prescribed, and the long-lived elderly people needed more food intervention. It is concluded that the incidence of nutritional risk and malnutrition among hospitalized elderly people is higher among long-lived elderly people, and that in this group there is a negative correlation between serum albumin levels with body mass index and CP.