Malnutrition, Prevalence and Relation to Some Risk Factors among Elderly Residents of Nursing Homes in Tehran, Iran

• Main Authors: Lyly Nazemi (Author), Ingmar Skoog (Author), Ingvar Karlsson (Author), Saeed Hosseini (Author), Mohammad Reza Mohammadi (Author), Mostafa Hosseini (Author), Mohammad Javad Hosseinzade (Author), Seyed Alireza Mesbah-Namin (Author), Masoud Baikpour (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2015-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Malnutrition and dehydration are two most common types of ailments residents of nursing homes (NH) prone to. It is very important to assess these problems because they can predispose the residents to severe illnesses. The aim of this study was to gather information on nutritional status...