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September 25, 2025Medical Science Journal for Advance ResearchOpen Access

Nutritional and Functional Assessment of Hospitalized Elderly: Impact of Hospitalized Elderlyin Babil, Iraq

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NANadine AliSMSalam Jasim Mohammed

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Cross-sectional study examines nutritional risk and functional decline in hospitalized elderly patients, highlighting sociodemographic impacts.

Key Points

  • A significant 77.7% of elderly patients were at high risk for malnutrition, indicating health vulnerabilities.
  • Functional activity was poor in 44.3% of participants, revealing challenges in elderly patient care.
  • The assessment utilized comprehensive geriatric evaluations combined with the Barthel index for functional assessment.
  • Identifying sociodemographic risk factors is crucial, as factors like age and income significantly impacted functional ability.

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Ali et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d5d0feddad3c16d46360a3https://doi.org/10.46966/msjar.v6i3.315
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