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Obesity in Nursing Home Patients: Association with Common Care Problems
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: Received: 20 June 2023 / Approved: 20 June 2023 / Online: 20 June 2023 (09:32:22 CEST)
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Bauer, S.; Eglseer, D.; Großschädl, F. Obesity in Nursing Home Patients: Association with Common Care Problems. Nutrients 2023, 15, 3188. Bauer, S.; Eglseer, D.; Großschädl, F. Obesity in Nursing Home Patients: Association with Common Care Problems. Nutrients 2023, 15, 3188.
Abstract
(1) Background: There is not much research about obesity in nursing homes although knowledge will help us to develop customized treatment plans and prevention strategies, which may help to decrease the burden for all persons involved. The objective of conducting this study was to describe the prevalence of obesity and the association between obesity and care problems in nursing home patients. (2) Methods: This study is a secondary data analysis of data collected in an annually performed cross-sectional study called “Nursing Quality Measurement 2.0”. A standardized and tested questionnaire was used to collect data. (3) Results: 1236 nursing home patients took part and 16.7% of them were obese. The multivariate logistic regression analysis results show that urinary incontinence is significantly associated with the presence of obesity (OR 2.111). The other care problems of pressure injuries, fecal and double incontinence, physical restraints, falls and pain were not associated with obesity. (4) Conclusion: The results indicate that, in the nursing home setting, health care staff should pay special attention to the patients’ nutritional and continence status and help patients maintain a normal, healthy weight. Conducting more studies with larger sample sizes is recommended, as this will allow differentiation among different obesity classes.
Keywords
obesity; nursing home; care problem; incontinence
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Nursing
Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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