Relationship between functional independence measure and geriatric nutritional risk index in pneumonia patients in long-term nursing care facilities

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AIM: The prevention of pneumonia is an urgent issue among Japanese older adults. However, little has been reported on the relationship between a Functional Independence Measure (FIM) and the Geriatric Nutrition Risk Index (GNRI) for the prevention of pneumonia in patients in long-term care facilities in Japan. We aimed to clarify the relevance of FIM and GNRI for inpatients with and without pneumonia.

METHODS: We identified 233 patients who were hospitalized in our long-term nursing hospital from April 2012 to September 2013. We compared differences in FIM among GNRI classes for four groups: (i) pneumonia/high GNRI; (ii) pneumonia/low GNRI; (iii) no pneumonia/high GNRI; and (iv) no pneumonia/low GNRI. To assess the pneumonia predictors, we used a logistic regression for long-term nursing patients. Receiver operating characteristic analysis showed cut-off values and the area under the curve.

RESULTS: A total of 88 (37.8%) of 233 inpatients had pneumonia. FIM of the pneumonia/low GNRI groups was significantly lower than that of the no pneumonia/high and low GNRI groups. Logistic regression showed that FIM (P < 0.001; OR -1.035, 95% CI -1.019-1.051) and GNRI (P = 0.017; OR -1.038, 95% CI -1.007-1.070) were predictors of pneumonia. The cut-off values for FIM and GNRI were 26.6 (P < 0.001, the area under the curve 0.70) and 80.5 (P < 0.001, the area under the curve 0.65), respectively.

CONCLUSION: Low activity and malnutrition might lead to the development of pneumonia. FIM and GNRI are useful predictor tools that could help to prevent pneumonia in Japanese patients in long-term care facilities. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2017; 17: 1617-1622.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:17

Enthalten in:

Geriatrics & gerontology international - 17(2017), 10 vom: 15. Okt., Seite 1617-1622

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mitani, Yuji [VerfasserIn]
Oki, Yutaro [VerfasserIn]
Fujimoto, Yukari [VerfasserIn]
Yamaguchi, Takumi [VerfasserIn]
Iwata, Kentaro [VerfasserIn]
Watanabe, Yu [VerfasserIn]
Takahashi, Kazuki [VerfasserIn]
Yamada, Kanji [VerfasserIn]
Ishikawa, Akira [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Functional Independence Measure
Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index
Journal Article
Long-term nursing hospital
Pneumonia
Predictor tool

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Date Completed 24.07.2018

Date Revised 24.07.2018

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/ggi.12942

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM268875154