Prévalence des déficiences et disparités sociales

Chau, Nearkasèn; Ravaud, Jean‐François; Otero-Sierra, C.; Legras, Bernard; Macho-Fernandez, J.; Guillemin, Françis; Sanchez, Jesus; Mur, J. M.

doi:10.1016/s0398-7620(05)84741-8

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“…This suggests that old age leads to a loss of fat in addition to a loss of muscle as stated by Burr & Phillips [14] and Delarue et al [17]. Most subjects aged 80 or over have at least one impairment and half of them have 3 impairments or more [24]. Nutritional control of these subjects is important as their malnutrition and impairments may result in reduced functional capacity [25].…”

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Anthropometric Characteristics of Hospitalised Elderly Women: A Case-Control Study

Belbraouet

Chau

Tebi³

et al. 2011

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This study assessed the anthropometric status of 451 hospitalised female patients aged 70 or over, at their admission to hospital, in reference to 77 healthy women of the same age. The most frequent diseases were circulatory diseases (40.8%), mental disorders (29.9%), respiratory diseases (12.4%), endocrine and metabolic diseases (11.5%), osteomuscular diseases (8.4%), and traumatisms (6.9%). The differences were significantly high for mid-arm circumference (MAC), triceps skinfold thickness (TSF), weight, weight/height, and body mass index (BMI). The patients with cancers, blood diseases, mental disorders, respiratory disease, digestive diseases, or traumatisms had the lowest values. All the indicators correlated in a similarly negative way with age. The decreased TSF was more pronounced among subjects with respiratory diseases. Measurement of anthropometric indicators, TSF in particular, should be part of preventive measures aimed at reducing malnutrition and its consequences in a hospital setting.

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Anthropometric Characteristics of Hospitalised Elderly Women: A Case-Control Study

Belbraouet

Chau

Tebi³

et al. 2011

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“…Nine occupational categories were considered: upper occupations (intellectual professionals, upper managerial staff and administrators, medical doctors, independent professionals, engineers), intermediate occupations (managerial staff, school teachers, skilled technicians, foremen, medical and social workers), manual workers (skilled manual workers, farm workers, semi-skilled manual workers and unskilled manual workers), farmers (farm managers), craftsmen/tradesmen (independent shop or business owners), and other employed people and unknown [3,16,25,34]. Unemployed were categorized according to their last job, considered as the best reflection of their current situation.…”

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