Saruna Ghimire|Binaya Kumar Baral|Buddhi Raj Pokhrel|Amrit Pokhrel|Anushree Acharya|Dipta Amatya|Prabisha Amatya|Shiva Raj Mishra
Depression, malnutrition, and health-related quality of life among Nepali older patients
Nepal Medical College Teaching Hospital|Nepal Medical College Teaching Hospital|Nepal Medical College Teaching Hospital|Purbanchal University|Nepal Red Cross Society
little known health nutrition quality life aging population nepal consequently aimed assess nutritional status depression healthrelated quality life hrqol nepali older patients evaluate associated factors furthermore secondary aim investigate proposed mediationmoderation models depression nutrition hrqola crosssectional survey conducted januaryapril 2017 among 289 nepali older patients outpatient clinic nepal medical college kathmandu nutritional status depression hrqol assessed using mini nutritional assessment geriatric depression scales european quality life tool respectively linear regression models used find factors associated nutritional status depression hrqol potential mediating moderating role nutritional status relationship depression hrqol explored likewise depression relationship nutritional status hrqolthe prevalence malnutrition depression 10 574 respectively depressionmalnutrition comorbidity 7 adjusting age gender nutritional score 287 bca 95ci 212 362 positively associated depression score 123 bca 95ci 172 072 negatively associated hrqol controlling covariates nutritional status mediated 41 total effect depression hrqol depression mediated 60 total effect nutrition hrqola sizeable proportion older patients malnutrition depression given nutritional status significant direct independently indirect mediator effect hrqol believe nutritional screening optimal nutrition among older patients make significant contribution health wellbeing nepali older patients nonetheless findings replicated prospective studies generalization