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Ingalill Rahm Hallberg

Ingalill Rahm Hallberg

Professor emerita

Ingalill Rahm Hallberg

Eating difficulties, assisted eating and nutritional status in elderly (gt-or-equal, slanted65 years) patients in hospital rehabilitation.

Author

  • Albert Westergren
  • Mitra Unosson
  • Ola Ohlsson
  • Birgitta Lorefält
  • Ingalill Rahm Hallberg

Summary, in English

This study describes frequencies and associations between eating difficulties, assisted eating and nutritional status in 520 elderly patients in hospital rehabilitation. Eating difficulties were observed during a meal and nutritional status was assessed with Subjective Global Assessment form. Eighty-two percent of patients had one or more eating difficulties, 36% had assisted eating and 46% malnutrition. Three components of eating were focused upon ingestion, deglutition, and energy (eating and intake). Deglutition and ingestion difficulties and low energy were associated with assisted eating, and low energy associated with malnutrition. Underestimation of low energy puts patients at risk of having or developing malnutrition.

Department/s

  • Department of Health Sciences

Publishing year

2002

Language

English

Pages

341-351

Publication/Series

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volume

39

Issue

3

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Nursing

Keywords

  • Health Services for the Aged
  • Nutritional Status
  • Inpatients
  • Human
  • Support Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Rehabilitation
  • Eating Disorders
  • Eating
  • Aged

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1873-491X