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Objectives: To measure the malnutrition prevalence in elderly outpatients with diabetes and to determine the relationship between nutritional status and duration of diabetes and treatment therapy. Methods: 158 elderly outpatients with diabetes were included in a descriptive crosssectional study. The designed questionnaire was used to obtain information. Malnutrition was assessed with the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) tool. Results: The age ranged from 60 to 92 with the mean of 69.52 ± 6.76. The female/male ratio was 1.63. 29.1% of elderly outpatient diabetes had risk of malnutrition, and 1.9% of them had malnutrition. No correlation between nutritional status and duration of diabetes and treatment therapy was found. Consclusion: The results of the study provided the high prevalence of risks of malnutrition among elderly outpatients with diabetes, no correlation between nutritional status and duration of diabetes and treatment therapy was found. MNA-SF is useful to screen risk of malnutrition. * Key words: Diabetes; Nutrition; Elderly; Treatment.

Abstract

Objectives: To measure the malnutrition prevalence in elderly outpatients with diabetes and to determine the relationship between nutritional status and duration of diabetes and treatment therapy. Methods: 158 elderly outpatients with diabetes were included in a descriptive crosssectional study. The designed questionnaire was used to obtain information. Malnutrition was assessed with the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) tool. Results: The age ranged from 60 to 92 with the mean of 69.52 ± 6.76. The female/male ratio was 1.63. 29.1% of elderly outpatient diabetes had risk of malnutrition, and 1.9% of them had malnutritio. No correlation between nutritional status and duration of diabetes and treatment therapy was found. Consclusion: The results of the study provided the high prevalence of risks of malnutrition among elderly outpatients with diabetes, no correlation between nutritional status and duration of diabetes and treatment therapy was found. MNA-SF is useful to screen risk of malnutrition. * Key words: Diabetes; Nutrition; Elderly; Treatment.