Authors

1Alma Rosa Barrios Melchor, 2Fabiola Cruz Núñez, 3Carina Hernández Guzmán, 4Laura Elena Urbina Sánchez, 5María de Lourdes Preciado

Position

¹Profesora de tiempo completo de la Universidad Veracruzana. Coordinadora del Área Básica General. Coordinadora del programa de seguimientode egresados. Tercer Semestre de doctorado en educación.²Profesora de tiempo completo de la Universidad Veracruzana. Coordinadora del Módulo de Consultaría y Consejería. Coordinadora del programa de seguimiento de egresados. Tercer Semestre de doctorado en educación.³Profesora de la Universidad Veracruzana. Coordinadora de servicio social.⁴Profesora de tiempo completo de la Universidad Veracruzana. Coordinadora de Vinculación.⁵Profesora de la Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara.

Contact email: alrobame@hotmail.com

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to assess the nutritional risk of adult individuals at the  Anahuac de Poza Rica de Hidalgo health centre in Veracruz, Mexico. A total of 322 adult individuals aged 65 to 94 years were assessed, of whom 135 were male and 187 females. Subjects were administered a structured questionnaire containing variables of interest (sociodemographic data, malnutrition risk and basic and instrumental activities of daily life).
Results showed no nutritional risk as follows: 49,2% independent in basic activities of daily life and 7,8% dependent. Results showed nutritional risk as follows:  31,8% independent in basic activities of daily life and 11,2% dependent. Suffering from a disease was found to be an element of risk in the older individuals assessed.  Conclusion: The prevalence of a disease poses a nutritional risk to this population group, and indicated the necessity of including an easy and fast instrument to assess the nutritional status into the geriatric overall assessment.

Keywords:

elderly; malnutritionactivities of daily life

Versión en Español

Título:

Riesgo nutricional y actividades básicas de la vida diaria del adulto mayor