Dependence of the geriatric depression on nutritional status and anthropometric indices in elderly population.
oleh: Seyed Mehdi Ahmadi, Mohammad Reza Mohammadi, Seyed-Ali Mostafavi, Sareh Keshavarzi, Seyed-Mohammad-Ali Kooshesh, Hassan Joulaei, Yaser Sarikhani, Payam Peimani, Seyed Taghi Heydari, Kamran Bagheri Lankarani
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| Diterbitkan: | Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2013-06-01 |
Deskripsi
Malnutrition and depression are highly prevalent in the elderly and can lead to unfavorable outcomes. The aims of the current study were to determine the association between malnutrition and depression and also to find any correlation of depression with some anthropometric indices in free living elderly.In this cross-sectional study, 337 elderly subjects (193 females) were selected using cluster sampling. Depressive symptoms and nutritional status were determined by the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) and the Mini-Nutritional Assessment (MNA) scores questionnaires, respectively. Anthropometric indices were measured all in standard situations. Chi squared test and t-test were used when necessary. Pearson correlation coefficients were calculated for linear relations between variables.Of all the total subjects, 43.62% were depressed; and of whom, 48.01% were malnourished or at risk of malnutrition. GDS had a significant negative dependence with the MNA for the entire sample (r=-0.58, p