Author, as appears in the article.: Besora-Moreno M; Llauradó E; Tarro L; Solà R

Department: Medicina i Cirurgia

URV's Author/s: Besora Moreno, Maria de la Serra / Llauradó Ribé, Elisabet / Solà Alberich, Rosa Maria / Tarro Sánchez, Lucía

Keywords: Undernutrition Socioeconomic factors Prevalence Population People Older-adults Nutritional-status Nutritional status Malnutrition Life-style Home Elderly Determinants Community nutritional status malnutrition elderly

Abstract: © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Malnutrition in the elderly could be tackled by addressing socioeconomic factors. This study aimed to determine the magnitude of the relationship between socioeconomic factors and the malnutrition or malnutrition risk (MR) in the elderly. The PubMed and SCOPUS databases were searched for observational studies that included assessment of malnutrition or/and MR and socioeconomic variables (educational level, living alone, marital status, income and occupational level, feeling of loneliness, place of residence, and food expenditure) in ≥60-year-old subjects, published in English among 2000–2018 (PROSPERO: CRD42019137097). The systematic review included 40 observational studies (34 cross-sectional and 4 cohort studies) and 16 cross-sectional studies in the meta-analysis (34,703 individuals) of malnutrition and MR in relation to low educational level (Odds Ratio (OR): 1.48; 95% Confidence Interval (CI): 1.33–1.64; p < 0.001), living alone (OR: 1.92; 95% CI: 1.73–2.14; p < 0.001), being single, widowed, or divorced (OR: 1.73; 95% CI: 1.57–1.90; p < 0.001), and low income level (OR: 2.69; 95% CI: 2.35–3.08; p < 0.001), and considering these four socioeconomic factors, malnutrition and MR is associated with them (OR: 1.83; 95% CI: 1.73–1.93; p < 0.001). Malnutrition and MR could be reduced by increasing economic level, supporting people living alone or being single, widowed, and divorced, and improving lifelong learning.

Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Saúde coletiva Química Psicología Planejamento urbano e regional / demografia Nutrition and dietetics Nutrition & dietetics Nutrição Medicina veterinaria Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Interdisciplinar Food science Farmacia Engenharias iv Engenharias ii Enfermagem Educação física Economia Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências agrárias i Ciência de alimentos Biotecnología

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

ISSN: 20726643

Author's mail: elisabet.llaurado@urv.cat mariadelaserra.besora@urv.cat rosa.sola@urv.cat mariadelaserra.besora@urv.cat

Author identifier: 0000-0002-7439-9531 0000-0002-4375-0026 0000-0002-8359-235X 0000-0002-4375-0026

Record's date: 2023-10-07

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Link to the original source: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/12/3/737

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Papper original source: Nutrients. 12 (3):

APA: Besora-Moreno M; Llauradó E; Tarro L; Solà R (2020). Social and economic factors and malnutrition or the risk of malnutrition in the elderly: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. Nutrients, 12(3), -. DOI: 10.3390/nu12030737

Article's DOI: 10.3390/nu12030737

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2020

Publication Type: Journal Publications