{"title":"Malnutrition and disability in the elderly","authors":"Lin Kang","doi":"10.3760/CMA.J.ISSN.0254-9026.2019.10.007","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"老年人营养不良是导致老年人失能的重要因素之一。运用有效的营养筛查和评估工具可及早发现营养不良及营养风险,并通过老年人综合评估,寻找相关的危险因素来预测潜在不良预后的风险;采取给予口服营养补充制剂等适当的营养支持以及针对多个风险因素的团队干预可以有效地降低不良事件的发生,改善疾病预后及老年人功能状态,提高老年人的生活质量。","PeriodicalId":9997,"journal":{"name":"中华老年医学杂志","volume":"38 1","pages":"1088-1090"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2019-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"中华老年医学杂志","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3760/CMA.J.ISSN.0254-9026.2019.10.007","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
Malnutrition in the elderly is one of the important factors leading to disability in the elderly. The use of effective nutritional screening and evaluation tools can detect malnutrition and nutritional risks early, and through comprehensive assessment of elderly people, identify relevant risk factors to predict the risk of potential adverse prognosis; Providing appropriate nutritional support such as oral nutritional supplements and team intervention targeting multiple risk factors can effectively reduce the occurrence of adverse events, improve disease prognosis and functional status of the elderly, and improve their quality of life.