Impact of ageing on nutritional and functional status and polypharmacy in the hospitalized elderly

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Aged, Aging, Growth and Development, Polypharmacy

Abstract

Introduction: ageing brings about physiological and morphological changes that threaten the nutritional status, affecting the functional capacity of the elderly and interfering the adherence to pharmacological therapy.

Objective: to determine the impact of age on nutritional, functional and polypharmaceutical status in the elderly.

Method: observational, analytical and cross-sectional study in old patients hospitalized during the period September 2017 to September 2018, at the Research Center on Longevity, Aging and Health. The sample included 200 patients; using descriptive and inferential statistics.

Results: the age group between 75 and 80 years predominated (36,84 %). There was a negative relationship between age and BMI (r= -0,2072; p=0,003). Sixty-five percent of the patients were in the mild category regarding Katz's index. According to Lawton's index, 44,5 % of the patients were classified as independent, exhibiting lower mean age, presenting an inverse relationship between score and age (r=-0,477 p=0,005). Forty-three percent (43 %), of the total population studied presented polypharmacy at admission, which increased according to age. Polypharmacy decreased to 15,5 % and at discharge the statistical significant reached (p<0,05) of reduction.

Conclusions: the increase in age conditioned a decrease in the body mass index, decreasing in function; as well as the increase in polypharmacy. Specialized care leads to a decrease in polypharmacy, and therefore a better quality of life.

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Yusnier Lázaro Díaz-Rodríguez, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “General Calixto García”. La Habana

Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana.
Facultad de Ciencias Médicas "General Calixto García". La Habana 

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2020-06-06

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Díaz-Rodríguez YL, García-Orihuela M. Impact of ageing on nutritional and functional status and polypharmacy in the hospitalized elderly. Univ. Méd. Pinareña [Internet]. 2020 Jun. 6 [cited 2025 Apr. 4];17(1):e525. Available from: https://revgaleno.sld.cu/index.php/ump/article/view/525

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Vol. 17 No. 1 (2021): Enero-Abril

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