Mathey M F
Division of Human Nutrition and Epidemiology, Wageningen University, Dreijenlaan 1, 6703 HA Wageningen, The Netherlands.
J Nutr Health Aging. 2001;5(1):22-8.
In investigating anorexia of ageing, attention is often given to physical and psychological determinants of appetite in the elderly but little has been done to provide information on self-assessment of appetite and sensory perceptions in the elderly.
to provide data and detect possible differences in self-assessment of appetite, hunger feelings and sensory perception in different health group of elderly using the Appetite, Hunger feelings and Sensory Perception (AHSP) questionnaire.
three health categories of elderly subjects were used for the present study: free-living with no help, free-living with help and nursing home elderly. For each group, collected data were general characteristics, anthropometry and answers to the AHSP. The AHSP questionnaire includes 29-items focusing on feelings of hunger and appetite as well as taste and smell perception addressing both the present situation and the period before retirement.
Significant differences were observed between the 3 health groups for appetite, hunger feelings, present taste perception and present smell perception (P<0.05). Appetite and hunger were found to be related to body weight in the healthiest but not in the others.
A decline in health status is paired with a decrease in appetite, hunger feelings and sensory perceptions of elderly subjects.
在研究衰老性厌食症时，人们通常关注老年人食欲的生理和心理决定因素，但在提供有关老年人食欲自我评估和感官知觉方面的信息方面做得很少。
使用食欲、饥饿感和感官知觉（AHSP）问卷，提供不同健康状况老年人群食欲自我评估、饥饿感和感官知觉的数据，并检测可能存在的差异。
本研究使用了三类健康状况的老年受试者：无需帮助的独立生活老人、需帮助的独立生活老人和养老院老人。对于每组，收集的数据包括一般特征、人体测量数据以及AHSP问卷的答案。AHSP问卷包括29个项目，重点关注饥饿感和食欲以及味觉和嗅觉感知，涉及当前状况和退休前时期。
在食欲、饥饿感、当前味觉感知和当前嗅觉感知方面，三组健康状况的老年人之间存在显著差异（P<0.05）。在最健康的人群中，食欲和饥饿与体重有关，而在其他人群中则不然。
老年人健康状况的下降与食欲、饥饿感和感官知觉的降低相关。
