Publications by authors named "Leire Lodeiro-Fernandez"
Article Synopsis
- Malnutrition is prevalent among older individuals in institutions, severely impacting their quality of life, and is linked to various health-related factors that emerge later in life.
- This study utilized the Mini Nutritional Assessment-Short Form (MNA-SF) and the full MNA to evaluate the nutritional status of 207 institutionalized older adults, revealing that those with cognitive impairment, frailty, dysphagia, low BMI, prolonged institutionalization, and low education are at higher risk of malnutrition.
- Findings indicate that different tests may not consistently identify the same determinants of malnutrition, highlighting the necessity for effective nutritional screening tools to mitigate healthcare costs and improve health outcomes in this population.
Purpose: The possible relationship between audiometric hearing thresholds and cognitive performance on language tests was analyzed in a cross-sectional cohort of older adults aged ≥65 years (N=98) with different degrees of cognitive impairment.
Materials And Methods: Participants were distributed into two groups according to Reisberg's Global Deterioration Scale (GDS): a normal/predementia group (GDS scores 1-3) and a moderate/moderately severe dementia group (GDS scores 4 and 5). Hearing loss (pure-tone audiometry) and receptive and production-based language function (Verbal Fluency Test, Boston Naming Test, and Token Test) were assessed.
Purpose: Cognitive decline and depression are two common mental health problems that may create a need for long-term care among the elderly. In the last decade, the percentage of older adults who receive health care in nursing homes, day care centers, or home support services has increased in Europe. The objectives of this descriptive and nonrandomized longitudinal study were to evaluate and to compare the cognitive and affective evolution of day care versus institutionalized older patients through a 1-year period, and to assess the presence of cognitive and affective impairment as a function of the care setting.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To establish the possible relationship among three components of language (verbal fluency, naming and comprehension) and cognitive impairment as well as to determine the usefulness of language assessment tests to predict or monitor the development of cognitive impairment.
Method: A comparative, descriptive and cross-sectional study was performed on 82 subjects ≥ 65 years of age who were cognitively assessed with the Mini Mental State Examination and were divided into two groups: Group A comprised of subjects classified as levels 1, 2 and 3 on the Reisberg's Global Deterioration Scale (GDS) and group B comprised of subjects at levels 4 and 5 of the GDS. Language skills were assessed by the Verbal Fluency Test, Boston Naming Test and Token Test.