Prevalence of Malnutrition and Frailty Among the Urban Community Elderly in Bandung

Universitas Padjadjaran

Status: Completed

Conditions: Frail Elderly

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06701045

IKFR-202411.01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this observational study is to learn prevalence of malnutrition and frailty in elderly in Community in Bandung. The main question it aims to answer:

what is the prevalence of malnutrition and frailty in elderly in Bandung community?

Full description

The increase in the number and proportion of the elderly population poses various challenges, especially in the health sector. The elderly tend to be more vulnerable to health problems, such as malnutrition and frailty. Data on the prevalence of malnutrition and frailty in the elderly can be used as a basis for taking preventive and treatment measures for both conditions. This study aims to determine the prevalence of malnutrition and frailty in the elderly in the Bandung City community.

Descriptive research with a cross-sectional approach was conducted on 71 elderly participants in the Bandung City community. The sampling method used was consecutive sampling. The study used the Mini Nutritional Assessment-Short Form (MNA-SF) questionnaire to assess malnutrition and the Kihon Checklist (KCL) to assess frailty.

Enrollment: 71 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age above 60 years old
• domicile in Bandung City
• able to mobilize without assistive devices
• able to see and read
• willing to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

• history of hospitalization within the previous month
• Mini Mental Status Examination ( MMSE ) score < 24

Trial design

71 participants in 1 patient group

Elderly living in community

Description:

The inclusion criteria were domicile in Bandung City, able to mobilize without assistive devices, able to see and read and willing to participate in the study after informed consent.