PMID- 17049926
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20071109
LR  - 20170214
IS  - 1474-5151 (Print)
IS  - 1474-5151 (Linking)
VI  - 6
IP  - 3
DP  - 2007 Sep
TI  - Defining the nutritional status and dietary intake of older heart failure 
      patients.
PG  - 178-83
AB  - BACKGROUND: Little information exists about diet in the management of heart 
      failure. AIMS: To describe the nutritional and biochemical status, and the 
      dietary intake of older heart failure patients. METHODS: Stable outpatients and 
      patients with recent hospitalisation for decompensated heart failure were 
      recruited. Anthropometric measurements, handgrip strength, biochemical values and 
      echocardiography were recorded. Patients kept 7-day food diaries and completed 
      questionnaires concerning food provision. RESULTS: Forty-five patients with a 
      mean (S.D.) age of 80.8 (6.8) years were studied and classed according to the New 
      York Heart Association (NYHA) (11% Class I, 27% Class II and 62% Class III). Mean 
      (S.D.) body mass index (BMI) was 27.1 (5.4) kg/m(2) with 7% of patients having a 
      BMI<20 kg/m(2) and 56% with a BMI above 25 kg/m(2). 64% of participants failed to 
      achieve the estimated average requirements for energy intake; 82% took more than 
      2 mg of sodium daily; and 18% had a potassium intake above 3500 mg/day. Only 29% 
      of individuals did not need assistance with food shopping, whilst 58% required 
      assistance with meal preparation. CONCLUSION: Possible targets for dietary 
      intervention in older heart failure patients have been identified but whether 
      such changes would be beneficial to patients is unknown.
FAU - Price, Rosemary J G
AU  - Price RJ
AD  - Section of Ageing and Health, Division of Medicine and Therapeutics, University 
      of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, UK. 
      r.j.g.price@dundee.ac.uk
FAU - Witham, Miles D
AU  - Witham MD
FAU - McMurdo, Marion E T
AU  - McMurdo ME
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20061017
PL  - England
TA  - Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs
JT  - European journal of cardiovascular nursing
JID - 101128793
RN  - 0 (Potassium, Dietary)
RN  - 0 (Sodium, Dietary)
RN  - 1406-16-2 (Vitamin D)
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Anthropometry
MH  - Echocardiography
MH  - *Energy Intake
MH  - Female
MH  - Geriatric Assessment/*methods
MH  - Hand Strength
MH  - *Heart Failure/complications/diet therapy
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Malnutrition/*diagnosis/epidemiology/etiology
MH  - Mass Screening
MH  - Needs Assessment
MH  - Nursing Assessment
MH  - *Nutrition Assessment
MH  - Nutrition Surveys
MH  - *Nutritional Status
MH  - Potassium, Dietary/analysis
MH  - Scotland/epidemiology
MH  - Socioeconomic Factors
MH  - Sodium, Dietary/analysis
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Vitamin D/analysis
EDAT- 2006/10/20 09:00
MHDA- 2007/11/10 09:00
CRDT- 2006/10/20 09:00
PHST- 2006/08/02 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2006/08/17 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2006/10/20 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/11/10 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2006/10/20 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S1474-5151(06)00136-8 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/J.EJCNURSE.2006.08.002 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2007 Sep;6(3):178-83. doi: 10.1016/J.EJCNURSE.2006.08.002. 
      Epub 2006 Oct 17.