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Dietary adequacy in older adult nursing home residents of the Northern Iberian Peninsula

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dc.contributor.authorNUTRIAGE Study Group
dc.contributor.authorPidrafita-Páez, Nicolás
dc.contributor.authorSilveira, Joana
dc.contributor.authorPinto, Elisabete
dc.contributor.authorFranco, Luis
dc.contributor.authorRomero-Rodríguez, Mª Ángeles
dc.contributor.authorVázquez-Odériz, Mª Lourdes
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-08T12:00:41Z
dc.date.available2024-04-08T12:00:41Z
dc.date.issued2024-03
dc.description.abstractAccording to the latest data, Spain (19.4%) and Portugal (21.8%) are the two European countries with the highest percentage of older adults. Concerns about diet quality are increasing, especially among institutionalized older people, who are at the greatest risk of malnutrition. To assess the adequacy of dietary intake of 186 older adults (>65 y) institutionalized in public nursing homes (NH) in Galicia (Northwest Spain) and the Porto district (Northern Portugal), a cross-sectional study has been carried out. The double-weighing method and a country-specific food composition database were employed for nutritional assessment. Nutritional adequacy was assessed based on the recommendations of the EFSA and WHO. Caloric intake in Spanish NHs was higher than in Portuguese facilities; 20.3% and 35.8% of Spanish and Portuguese residents, respectively, had a protein intake below the EFSA recommendation, and 46.2% and 44.9% of residents in Portugal and Spain, respectively, had lipid intakes below the reference intake range. Further, 45.5% of the residents in Portugal and 66.9% in Spain had a carbohydrate intake within the recommended range. Salt intake was higher than the recommendation for 67.0% and 32.3% of the residents in Spain and Portugal, respectively. This study supports the notion that institutionalized older adults are prone to significant nutritional inadequacies.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/nu16060798pt_PT
dc.identifier.eid85188906656
dc.identifier.issn2072-6643
dc.identifier.pmcPMC10975773
dc.identifier.pmid38542709
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/44464
dc.identifier.wos001193355800001
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectDietary intakept_PT
dc.subjectNursing homespt_PT
dc.subjectNutritional adequacypt_PT
dc.subjectOlder adultspt_PT
dc.titleDietary adequacy in older adult nursing home residents of the Northern Iberian Peninsulapt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.issue6pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleNutrientspt_PT
oaire.citation.volume16pt_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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