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Bauer, S; Hödl, M; Eglseer, D.
Association between malnutrition risk and pain in older hospital patients.
Scand J Caring Sci. 2021; 35(3):945-951
Doi: 10.1111/scs.12915
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- Bauer Silvia
- Co-authors Med Uni Graz
- Eglseer Doris
- Hödl Manuela
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- OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence of malnutrition risk and pain in older hospital patients and characterise the association between these two problems. RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES: The study includes a secondary data analysis of data collected in two cross-sectional studies. Data collection was performed in 2017 and 2018 using a standardised and tested questionnaire. The study protocol was approved by an ethical committee. RESULTS: Data from 3406 patients were analysed. Among the participants, 24.6% of the patients were at risk of malnutrition, and 59.6% of the patients reported feeling pain. A significantly higher number of patients with pain (26.4%) were at risk of malnutrition than patients without pain (22.1%). The multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that patients with severe/very severe or unbearable pain were 1.439 times more likely to develop a risk of malnutrition than patients without pain. Patients with cancer or diseases of the digestive system were twice as likely to develop malnutrition than those without these diseases. CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study show that older patients with severe pain are at higher risk of developing a risk of malnutrition than those without pain, although the study design (cross-sectional) does not imply causality. Therefore, special efforts should be made to assess pain in these patients to reduce the negative consequences of this pain, such as malnutrition.
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