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Objective To explore the relationship between the body weight and the structure and function of the left ventricle in the elderly inpatients,in order to emphasize the importance of body weight in the health management for elderly patients.Methods A total of 152 elderly inpatients meeting the enrollment criteria and providing informed consent were consecutively recruited.The height,body weight,body mass index (BMI),liver and kidney function,glycosylated hemoglobin,blood lipid,blood uric acid and structure and function of left ventricular were measured by anthropometry,biochemical examination and echocardiography respectively.The clinical characteristics,metabolic parameters,structure and function of left ventricular were compared among the low/normal weight,overweight and obesity groups.The correlation between left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (E/A ≤ 0.7) and the metabolic factors was analyzed.Results The incidences of lower/ normal weight,overweight and obesity in elderly inpatients were 29.6％ (45/152),52.6％ (80/152) and 17.8％ (27/152) respectively.Compared with the lower/normal weight group,the level of systolic blood pressure,glycosylated hemoglobin (P=0.005),left atrial diameter (P =0.000),left ventricular posterior wall dimension (P=0.010),left ventricular diastolic diameter (P=0.010),left ventricular mass (P=0.000),relative wall thickness and septal thickness increased significantly in overweight and obesity groups (all P＜ 0.05).A higher proportion of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction was observed in overweight and obesity groups in the patients aging 60-69 years (P=0.028).There was positive correlation between left ventricular diastolic dysfunction and BMI (P=0.022).Conclusions Overweight/obesity increases the risk of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction among elderly inpatients.The body weight management needs to be strengthened in health management for the elderly patients.
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Objective: To identify the relationship between Dietary Diversity and Nutritional Status in Elderly Inpatient. Methods: 136 elderly inpatients were selected in a tertiary hospital in Yunnan Provience. Food frequency questionnaire was used to collect dietary information and DDS9 was calculated; We used Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) to evaluate nutritional status, then analyzed the effect of Dietary Diversity on nutritional status in elderly inpatients. Results:① Patients at risk of malnutrition and with confirmed malnutrition in participants were 46. 3％, 33. 8％,, respectively. ② The incidence of insufficient diversity, moderate diversity and adequate diversity were 19. 9％, 77. 2％ and 2. 9％, respectively; the total scores of dietary diversity were (4. 68 ± 1. 27). However, apart from vegetables, the rest 8 kinds of food all showed lower scores of intra-group variety; while the consumption of beans, nuts and seafood was seriously inadequate. ③ The incidence of malnutrition risk and confirmed malnutrition in insufficient-diversity group and moderate-diversity group were 5. 109 times and 1. 094 times of adequacy group (P＜ 0. 05). Conclusion: Dietary diversity is strongly associated with putritional status in elderly inpatient. Improvement of dietary diversity status is potentially beneficial in the prevention of malnutrition.
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Objective To measure the nursing time that the geriatric patients need daily in a large general hospital in Anhui province,thus to understand the direct and indirect nursing items and time.Methods Timing and recording nursing operations to meet the conditions of the geriatric patients for 7 consecutive days by field recording method were done.Results The average time of each nursing procedures was calculated.Direct nursing time was 146.10 min,accounting for 84.70％ of the total nursing time,including primary care (42.81％) and respiratory/drain management proportion (15.86％); Indirect nursing time was 26.39 min,accounting for 15.30％ of the total nursing time.The actual number of nurse needed was 158,the suitable bed protection ratio was 1 ∶ 0.68.Conclusions Direct nursing time of geriatric patients needed was longer than that of indirect nursing time.To increase direct nursing hours and reduce the indirect nursing time can satisfy the need of elderly patients.In addition,the current nursing staffing cannot satisfy the clinical needs of the elderly,thus,nursing resources allocation should be reasonable arranged as soon as possible.