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The association between malnutrition and depression in the elderly presenting to kasr alainy family medicine clinic
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Abstract
Malnutrition and depression are common geriatric disorders. The nutritional state of the elderly is influenced not only by somatic disorders, but also by mental disorders such as depression. Both depression and malnutrition have a negative effect on quality of life. Assessment of the nutritional and depression status and find the possible relationship between these variables in the free-living elderly coming to family medicine clinic at Kasr Alainy Hospital. This cross-sectional study was carried out on 100 elderly people with age 65 years or older in 2015\2016. Mini nutritional assessment tool and geriatric depression score were used to evaluate nutritional status and depression scores, respectively; demographic data, diagnoses and medications were obtained from the patients. Up to 39% of subjects were subjected to malnutrition. About 8% of elderly people had severe depression and 32% had mild depression. There was a significant statistical difference between the prevalence of malnutrition in depressed and non-depressed individuals (P<0.001. Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that depression was positively associated with the risk of malnutrition OR 8.6 (95% CI 3.5-21). Depression and malnutrition are relatively common among elderly. In this study it was found that there is an association between depression and malnutrition, which emphasizes the importance of early identification of depression among individuals with nutritional disorders