Nutritional and health status among nursing home residents in Lebanon: comparison across gender in a national cross sectional study

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 14; no. 1; p. 629
• Main Authors: Doumit, Jacqueline H, Nasser, Ramzi N, Hanna, Dimitri R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 20.06.2014; BioMed Central
• Subjects: Activities of daily living; Age; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Analysis; Body Mass Index; Chronic diseases; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Gender; Geriatric Assessment - methods; Health; Health aspects; Health Status; Homes for the Aged; Humans; Lebanon; Long-Term Care; Long-term care of the sick; Male; Malnutrition - epidemiology; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Mens health; Nursing; Nursing Homes; Nutrition; Nutrition Assessment; Nutritional Status; Older people; Population; Prevalence; Product/Service Evaluations; Public health; Sex Factors; Social aspects; Social Class; Socioeconomic factors; Studies; Womens health; Lebanon; Middle East

This study described the differences between elderly men and women living in Lebanese long-term care nursing homes on socio-economic, health and nutritional status. This study used a cross-sectional design. Field researchers obtained data from 221 residents; 148 (67%) women and 73 (33%) men, living...