Abstract: World Journal of Medicine and Health Care

Abstract:
Cross-sectional descriptive pilot study carried out with a survey technique with the objective of determining the prevalence of nutritional risk and malnutrition by the community nurse in people aged 65 and over residing at home who regularly attended the nursing consultation or were included in a chronic home care program and who agreed to participate in the study voluntarily. The sample was accidental, non-probabilistic for convenience with inclusion/ exclusion criteria. All participants were administered the Barthel to obtain a functional assessment, the Pfeiffer questionnaire to determine the cognitive situation and the Mini Nutritional Assessment, a questionnaire specifically designed for the elderly population, both institutionalized and outpatient, to identify situations of malnutrition or nutritional risk. The analysis of results shows a high prevalence of nutritional risk, highlighting the need to carry out nutritional screening and preventive interventions to prevent the person at risk of malnutrition from becoming malnourished.