Faraji Gavgani Leili, Alipour Somayeh, Khabiri Roghayeh, Laghousi Delara, Sarbakhsh Parvin, Farajiazad Haniyeh, Abbasalizad Farhangi Mahdieh, Jahangiry Leila
Department of Statistics and Epidemiology, Faculty of Health, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Health Education and Health Promotion Department, School of Health, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
J Cardiovasc Thorac Res. 2023;15(4):231-237. doi: 10.34172/jcvtr.2023.32903. Epub 2023 Dec 30.
Acknowledging the considerable influence of undernutrition on health outcomes and HRQOL, this study sought to appraise the nutritional risk status of elderly patients with cardiovascular diseases (CVD) through the utilization of the Nutritional Risk Screening (NRS). Additionally, the investigation aimed to evaluate the correlation between NRS status and HRQOL within the context of patients referred to a cardiac hospital in Tabriz, Iran.
This cross-sectional study was conducted in Tabriz, Iran. The participants were selected randomly from patients referring to Shahid Madani Heart Hospital, a comprehensive university hospital during July to December 2018. A linear regression was used for control of confounding variables (age, gender, education level, marital status, and income levels) and predict the relationship between nutrition risk status and HQRL.
Of the 200 patients with CVD participated in this study, 68 (34%) of participants had normal nutrition status, 108 (54%) were at risk for undernutrition, and 24 (12%) had undernutrition. A total of 24 aging patients with undernutrition, 13 (54%) were divorced or widowed. 86% of patients with diabetes were at risk for undernutrition and 13.9% had undernutrition. There were statistically significant relationship between undernutrition and HRQOL dimensions, age, gender, and marital status.
The study revealed a correlation between elevated undernutrition scores in patients and factors such as older age, female gender, and marital status of being divorced or widowed. Furthermore, the results imply that a notable elevation in the risk score for undernutrition in patients is significantly linked to impaired HRQOL among elderly individuals with CVD.
鉴于营养不良对健康结果和健康相关生活质量有重大影响，本研究旨在通过使用营养风险筛查（NRS）来评估老年心血管疾病（CVD）患者的营养风险状况。此外，该调查旨在评估在伊朗大不里士一家心脏医院就诊的患者中，NRS状况与健康相关生活质量之间的相关性。
本横断面研究在伊朗大不里士进行。参与者于2018年7月至12月从沙希德·马达尼心脏医院（一家综合性大学医院）就诊的患者中随机选取。采用线性回归控制混杂变量（年龄、性别、教育水平、婚姻状况和收入水平），并预测营养风险状况与健康相关生活质量之间的关系。
在参与本研究的200例CVD患者中，68例（34%）参与者营养状况正常，108例（54%）存在营养不良风险，24例（12%）患有营养不良。共有24例患有营养不良的老年患者，其中13例（54%）离婚或丧偶。86%的糖尿病患者存在营养不良风险，13.9%患有营养不良。营养不良与健康相关生活质量维度、年龄、性别和婚姻状况之间存在统计学上的显著关系。
该研究揭示了患者营养不良评分升高与年龄较大、女性性别以及离婚或丧偶的婚姻状况等因素之间的相关性。此外，结果表明患者营养不良风险评分的显著升高与老年CVD患者健康相关生活质量受损显著相关。
