Evaluation of the factors that make eating of hospitalized elderly difficult

• Main Authors: Deise Feijó Lima (Author), Edison Luiz Devos Barlem (Author), Silvana Sidney Costa Santos (Author), Jamila Geri Tomaschewisk-Barlem (Author), Aline Marcelino Ramos (Author), Kerolayne Machado de Mattos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Federal do Ceará, 2014-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This study is aimed at evaluating the factors that hinder the eating of hospitalized elderly. It is a quantitative and cross-sectional research, made with 92 hospitalized elderly patients in two hospitals in southern Brazil, between January and September 2012. For data collection an instrument calle...