【 摘 要 】
Background: The number of elderly people (over 60 years old) is growing rapidly in this 21th century, reaching as many as 425 millions (+ 6.8%) worldwide in 2000. This figure is estimated almost twice in 2025. In Indonesia, percentage the elderly people in 1995 was as much as 7.5%. In line with the increasing of live expectancy of the number of the elderly will grow bigger. This is related to greater need of health service for the eldery. In older people, nutrition problem is closely associated with disease. One factor that causes nutrition problem in the elderly is the increase of morbidity. Increased risk for disease and nutrition problem in the elderly require early identification of risk for malnutrition in the elderly. Routine assessment of preliminary nutritional status of patients being hospitalized is essential in order to get an overview of nutritional status patients at a time, detect high risk patients and help to identify nutrition treatment specifically for each patient so that appropriate nutrition support can be given to improve nutrition status of patient. Objectives: To identify the impact of early screening nutrition result based on MNA method to the length of stay and discharge status of elderly patients at inpatient ward of internal medicine and neurology of Dr Sardjito Hospital Yogyakarta. Methods: The study was observational that used prospective cohort design and was undertaken at inpatient ward of internal in medicine and neurologyod Dr. Sardjito Hospital, Yogyakarta on August-November 2009. Data were collected by the researcher with the help of an enumerator, i.e. nutritionsist at inpatient ward. Results: The result of study showed that impact of screening result during initial hospitalization to length of stay of eldery patients based on MNA method was RR 1.63. This indicated that malnourished patients were at risk for being hospitalized > 7 days 1.63 times longer than those not malnourished. Impact of result screening during initial hospitalization to discharge status of eldery patients based on MNA method was RR 1.29. This indicated that malnourished patient were at risk for uncovered discharged as much as 1.29 greater than those not malnourhized. Conclusions: There was no impact of screening result in admission to length of stay. There was impact of nutritional status to length of discharged status.
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