Nutritional status and related risk factors which may lead to functional decline in community-dwelling Turkish elderly

AKIN, SİBEL; Safak, E.; Coban, S.; MUCUK, SALİME; Kiris, Y.; ÖZTÜRK, AHMET; MAZICIOĞLU, MUSTAFA; Gocer, ŞEMSİNNUR

doi:10.1016/j.eurger.2014.08.008

Nutritional status and related risk factors which may lead to functional decline in community-dwelling Turkish elderly

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AKIN S., Safak E. D., Coban S. A., MUCUK S., Kiris Y., ÖZTÜRK A., ...More

EUROPEAN GERIATRIC MEDICINE, vol.5, no.5, pp.294-297, 2014 (SCI-Expanded)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 5 Issue: 5
Publication Date: 2014
Doi Number: 10.1016/j.eurger.2014.08.008
Journal Name: EUROPEAN GERIATRIC MEDICINE
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.294-297
Keywords: Poor nutrition, Elderly, Community-dwelling, OLDER-ADULTS, MALNUTRITION, PEOPLE, DEPRESSION, COMORBIDITIES, POLYPHARMACY, SARCOPENIA, SCALE
Yozgat Bozok University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Purpose: The objective of this study is to assess the nutritional status in community-dwelling elderly and to describe risk factors which may cause poor nutrition related functional decline.