tailieunhanh - Geriatric syndromes and nutrition status of elderly osteoarthritis patients

This study describes numerous characteristics of comorbidities and geriatric syndromes in elderly osteoarthritis patients at the National Geriatrics Hospital. A cross-sectional study on 184 knee osteoarthritis (OA) patients aged ≥ 60 years old treated at the National Geriatrics Hospital. | JOURNAL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH GERIATRIC SYNDROMES AND NUTRITION STATUS OF ELDERLY OSTEOARTHRITIS PATIENTS Tran Viet Luc1 2 Nguyen Ngoc Tam1 2 Nguyen Thi Hoai Thu1 2 Vu Thi Thanh Huyen1 2 1 National Geriatric Hospital 2 Hanoi Medical University This study describes numerous characteristics of comorbidities and geriatric syndromes in elderly osteoarthritis patients at the National Geriatrics Hospital. A cross-sectional study on 184 knee osteoarthritis OA patients aged 60 years old treated at the National Geriatrics Hospital. The mean age of the patients was years male patients accounted for . Most participants had experienced 2 sides of knee OA more than half of these participants were experiencing moderate pain. There were 73 patients with reduced mobility accounting for . The dependency ratio of functional activities on the ADL scale was and on the IADL scale it was . The number of participants using less than 5 drugs was . More than half of the survey participants used polypharmacy accounting for . There was a significant association between nutritional status and reduced physical function ADLs and IADLs impaired cognitive function depression status and sleep disorder. Geriatric syndromes and risk of malnutrition are common in older OA patients and assessment for them should be done routinely in these patients to early detect impaired physical activities impaired cognitions depression problems sleep disturbances and progressive symptoms of knee osteoarthritis. Keywords Knee osteoarthritis Geriatric syndrome older patient. I. INTRODUCTION Aging is characterized by a gradual loss - 2050 the proportion of elderly in developing of normal physiological function the result countries is rising more rapidly in comparison of the accumulation of a wide variety of with developed However the trend of molecular and cellular damage over time population aging also entails health problems culminating in frailty a lack of .