Tamanna Ferdous|Tommy Cederholm|Abdur Razzaque|Åke Wåhlin|Zarina Nahar Kabir
Nutritional status and self-reported and performance-based evaluation of physical function of elderly persons in rural Bangladesh
Uppsala University|Uppsala University|International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research|Stockholm University|BRAC
aim investigate impact nutritional status selfreported well performancebased indicators physical function rural elderly population bangladesh methods crosssectional study conducted matlab bangladesh included 457 randomly selected communityliving elderly persons aged 60 years 6092 years 69 7 years mobility activities daily living adl performance tests handgrip strength mini nutritional assessment mna structured questionnaire used assess physical function nutritional status socioeconomic status health status respectively descriptive linear hierarchical regression analyses applied results seven per cent participants reported limitations mobility 8 reported limitations adl however half participants difficulties performing one items performance tests according mna 26 participants undernourished 62 risk malnutrition undernourished participants wellnourished participants reported limited mobility impaired adl difficulties performance tests corresponding reduction grip strength observed undernourished group accordingly higher mna scores indicating better nutritional status significantly associated higher mobility index higher adl index higher performance tests index higher scores handgrip strength associations remained adjusting demographic socioeconomic health status differences conclusions good nutritional status important physical function elderly people even controlling possible confounders performance tests indicated higher degree functional impairment observed selfreported estimation