Observational Study Of Elderly Patient Characteristics At Dietetics Clinic, Hospital Pengajar Upm (HPUPM)

Yusri, Nur Aqila (2022) Observational Study Of Elderly Patient Characteristics At Dietetics Clinic, Hospital Pengajar Upm (HPUPM). [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Non Communicable Diseases NCD are highly prone to the elderly and dietary intake are one of the factors for this to happen. This study aimed to determine the characteristics of elderly patients at dietetic clinic, Hospital Universiti Putra Malaysia. Based on the criteria, 165 of elderly patient had fulfilled the requirement and included in the sample. Sociodemographic, health condition, biochemical parameters, dietary intake as well as the nutrition intervention prescribed to the patient were recorded. Recording form was created to be extracted from the dietetic care notes by the dietitian and also from the online database of the patient. By using SPSS-24, Chi-square and t-test has been used to determine the differences of health condition and biochemical parameters between gender and age group of the elderly patient at HPUPM. After analyse, the majority of the elderly at dietetic clinic HPUPM are Malay (88.5%) and in the age category of 60 to 74 years old (89.1%) with the mean age of 66 years old. 57.7% of them are categorise as Health Weight with BMI 24 to 30 kg/m2 with the mean of 28kg/m2. Among the elderly patient, most of them have hyperlipidemia (78.2%) while the most uncontrolled biochemical parameters between them is HbA1c and LDL level with 62% and 60% respectively. Based on the dietary intake, the mean energy intake of the elderlies are 1475kcal per day with 52% of carbohydrate, 14% of protein and 35% of fat from their daily intake. The highest nutrition intervention prescribed are fat modification (51%) and followed by 49% are carbohydrate modification. Lastly, there are significant difference between HbA1c, TC and HDL-c level and gender of the elderly with (p = 0.029) for HbA1c, (p = 0.043) for TC and (p = 0.001) for HDL-c level.

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Mr Khoirul Asrimi Md Nor
Date Deposited:	21 Aug 2023 03:05
Last Modified:	21 Aug 2023 03:05
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/992

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