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Financial Strain Is Associated with Malnutrition Risk in Community-Dwelling Older Women
Joint Authors
Samuel, Laura J.
Szanton, Sarah L.
Weiss, Carlos O.
Semba, Richard D.
Fried, Linda P.
Thorpe, Roland J.
Source
Epidemiology Research International
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-10-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
This study examined the relationship between financial strain, or difficulty acquiring necessities, and malnutrition risk in a community dwelling sample of frail and nonfrail women aged 70–79 in the Women’s Health and Aging Study (n=679).
Malnutrition risk was measured with a modified version of the Mini-Nutritional Assessment Short Form (MNA-SF) and defined as a score <11, financial strain was measured by (1) sufficiency of money on a monthly basis and (2) adequacy of income for food, and income was measured by ordinal categories.
Mean (SD) modified MNA-SF score was 12.2 (1.80), and 14.7% of women had malnutrition risk.
Women who usually did not have enough money to make ends meet had more than four-fold increased odds of malnutrition risk (OR=4.54; 95% CI: 2.26, 9.14) compared to their counterparts who had some money left over each month.
This was only slightly attenuated after control for income and education, (OR=4.08; 95% CI: 1.95, 8.52) remaining robust.
These results show an association between financial strain and malnutrition risk, independent of income, in older women.
Self-reported financial strain may be preferable to income as a screener for malnutrition risk in older adults in clinical and research settings.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Samuel, Laura J.& Szanton, Sarah L.& Weiss, Carlos O.& Thorpe, Roland J.& Semba, Richard D.& Fried, Linda P.. 2012. Financial Strain Is Associated with Malnutrition Risk in Community-Dwelling Older Women. Epidemiology Research International،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-8.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Samuel, Laura J.…[et al.]. Financial Strain Is Associated with Malnutrition Risk in Community-Dwelling Older Women. Epidemiology Research International No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-8.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Samuel, Laura J.& Szanton, Sarah L.& Weiss, Carlos O.& Thorpe, Roland J.& Semba, Richard D.& Fried, Linda P.. Financial Strain Is Associated with Malnutrition Risk in Community-Dwelling Older Women. Epidemiology Research International. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-491370
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-491370