PMID- 38217931
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20240123
LR  - 20240131
IS  - 1876-035X (Electronic)
IS  - 1876-0341 (Linking)
VI  - 17
IP  - 2
DP  - 2024 Feb
TI  - Nutritional status of elderly patients previously ill with COVID-19: Assessment 
      with nutritional risk screening 2002 (NRS-2002) and mini nutritional assessment 
      (MNA-sf).
PG  - 372-377
LID - S1876-0341(23)00392-1 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.jiph.2023.11.005 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Long-term effects of COVID-19 showed a wide range of symptoms. Also, 
      it was found that older patients were five times more likely than younger 
      patients to develop long-COVID symptoms (1). This study aimed to investigate the 
      use of Nutrition Risk Screening 2002 (NRS-2002) and the Mini Nutrition 
      Assessment-Short Form (MNA-sf) among COVID-19 in elderly patients in Saudi 
      Arabia. METHODS: A total of (n = 159) COVID-19 elderly patients were recruited in 
      the study; the relationship between patients' characteristics, including age, 
      gender, Body Mass Index (BMI), infection history, vaccination and chronic disease 
      were evaluated using NRS-2002 and MNA-sf. Multivariate logistic regression to 
      estimate the Odd Ratio (OR) by comparing the OR of different variables between 
      normal nutritional Status and at-risk and Cohen's kappa (kappa) coefficient was 
      assessed to analyse the agreement between both tools. RESULTS: MNA-sf showed a 
      positive association between age and malnutrition risk >/= 66 years old P = 0.035. 
      Both tools showed a negative association between BMI (P < 0.001 and P = 0.046), 
      respectively and vaccination (P = 0.002 and P = 0.01), respectively, with risk 
      for malnutrition. There was no significant association between Diabetes (DM) and 
      malnutrition risk, but elderly Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) were at malnutrition 
      risk using the NRS- 2002 tool P = 0.003. Inversely, people infected six months or 
      more before malnutrition assessment have a lower risk of malnutrition P = 0.05. 
      CONCLUSIONS: Both tools were valuable and practical tools for screening elderly 
      people with COVID-19 who are at nutritional risk and those in need of additional 
      nutritional intervention. Further research needed to be applied in the 
      relationship between nutritional status during and post-infectious disease for 
      elderly people using cross-sectional and intervention studies in order to prevent 
      malnutrition complications in Saudi Arabia.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2023. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
FAU - Shamlan, Ghalia
AU  - Shamlan G
AD  - Department of Human Nutrition, College of food science and agriculture, King Saud 
      University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: Shamlana@ksu.du.sa.
FAU - Albreiki, Mohammed
AU  - Albreiki M
AD  - Center for Biotechnology, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu 
      Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Biosecurity Affairs Division, Innovation and 
      Development Sector, Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority, Abu Dhabi, 
      United Arab Emirates. Electronic address: m.albreiki1987@gmail.com.
FAU - Almasoudi, Hadeel O
AU  - Almasoudi HO
AD  - Department of Human Nutrition, College of food science and agriculture, King Saud 
      University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Alshehri, Lina A
AU  - Alshehri LA
AD  - Department of Human Nutrition, College of food science and agriculture, King Saud 
      University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Ghaith, Mazen M
AU  - Ghaith MM
AD  - Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, 
      Umm Al-Qura University, P.O. Box 7607, Al Abdeyah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Alharthi, Abdulrahman S
AU  - Alharthi AS
AD  - Department of Animal Production, College of food science and agriculture, King 
      Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Aleanizy, Fadilah S
AU  - Aleanizy FS
AD  - Department of Pharmacutics, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, 
      Saudi Arabia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20231107
PL  - England
TA  - J Infect Public Health
JT  - Journal of infection and public health
JID - 101487384
SB  - IM
MH  - Humans
MH  - Aged
MH  - Nutritional Status
MH  - Nutrition Assessment
MH  - Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - *COVID-19/epidemiology
MH  - Risk Assessment
MH  - *Malnutrition/complications/epidemiology/diagnosis
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - COVID-19
OT  - Elderly
OT  - Malnutrition
OT  - Mini Nutritional Assessment-Short Form (MNA-sf)
OT  - Nutritional Risk Screening-2002 (NRS-2002)
COIS- Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2024/01/14 12:42
MHDA- 2024/01/23 06:42
CRDT- 2024/01/13 18:02
PHST- 2023/06/09 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/09/19 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2023/11/02 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2024/01/23 06:42 [medline]
PHST- 2024/01/14 12:42 [pubmed]
PHST- 2024/01/13 18:02 [entrez]
AID - S1876-0341(23)00392-1 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.jiph.2023.11.005 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Infect Public Health. 2024 Feb;17(2):372-377. doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2023.11.005. 
      Epub 2023 Nov 7.