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Association between malnutrition and cognitive frailty in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Wanqiu Feng1, Jinyang Wang1, Hailian Zhang1
1School of Nursing, Yanbian University of China, Yanji, Jilin, 133000, China.
Background:
To systematically assess the association between cognitive frailty (CF) and malnutrition in older adults.
Methods:
8 databases were retrieved up until April 2023 by two reviewers in dependently, and meta-analysis was performed by Stata 16.0 software.
Results:
A total of 19 studies were meta-analyzed to assess the relationship between CF and malnutrition in older adults. The pooled prevalence of CF from 17 studies was 23 %, and the pooled prevalence of malnutrition among patients with CF from 12 studies was 57 %. Data from 13 studies on the association between CF and malnutrition unveiled a high risk of CF in older adults with malnutrition (OR = 3.77, 95 % CI: 2.49-5.69).
Conclusion:
The prevalence of malnutrition is high in older adults with CF, and there is a significant delve into targeted treatment and preventive measures to ameliorate the quality of life of older adults.
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