Background/Aim: Surgery for elderly patients with gastric cancer is becoming more common. However, the risk factors of the laparoscopic surgery for these patients are unknown, and thus it is difficult to determine appropriate treatments for such patients. The aim of this retrospective study was to...

Background and aim: With the increase in the elderly population and the greater vulnerability of this group to diseases, the study of the elderly nutritional status is a necessary factor in health maintenance and disease prevention. Therefore, the present study deals with the role of nutrition in...

Frailty is a geriatric syndrome associated with aging. It has become an important health problem that significantly affects the quality of life and life expectancy of the elderly, bringing a heavy burden to the country, family and individuals. High-quality prevention and control of frailty in the ...

Objective: To compare the effects of global leadership initiative on malnutrition (GLIM) criteria and patient-generated subjective global assessment (PG-SGA) in evaluating malnutrition among the elderly patients with advanced cancer. Methods: A total of 288 elderly patients with advanced cancer...

As the Korean society is aging rapidly, the issues on physical, social, economic, and mental disabilities of single-person households aged 65 years or older has also increased. This study aimed to investigate the nutrition-related dietary conditions of elderly people living alone and determine...

Objective: To learn the status of knowledge, attitudes and practices of drinking water among the elderly in five cities of China. Methods: A total of 551 elderly were selected from Jinan, Taiyuan, Nanchang, Hefei and Guangzhou in October 2019 by convenience sampling. Their knowledge, attitude and...

Elderly people have susceptible to degenerative diseases that increase with their age. In Sunggal District, the number of elderly people is quite high as much as 8759 people, however, elderly people who have utilized the posyandu health services are still low. This impacted on the risk of...

BACKGROUND: In this study, our aim was to investigate the quality of dietary intake of elderly individuals and to identify the factors that may be associated with their diet quality. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted with 198 elderly participants. Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA)...

This study aimed to evaluate gastric emptying and enzymatic hydrolysis of skim milk using a dynamic in vitro gastrointestinal system mimicking digestive conditions in young adult and elderly individuals. The gastric emptying half-time was 22.5 and 26.5 min in the young adult and elderly models,...

Dietary intake of sodium by the elderly population in nursing homes should be monitored due to the greater sensitivity of elderly people to sodium. This study aimed to explore any associations between sodium intake and salt taste perception in an institutionalized elderly population and to research ...