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1. Nutritional Screening of Older Adults : Risk Factors for and Consequences of Malnutrition
Sammanfattning : Aims The overall aim of this thesis was to extend current knowledge about the prevalence of malnutrition, to identify possible risk factors for development of malnutrition, and to describe the consequences of malnutrition in relation to all-cause and cause-specific mortality among older adults admitted to hospital.Methods The prevalence of malnutrition was estimated in a cohort of 1771 older adults (≥65 years) who were admitted to a Swedish hospital during 2008–2009 (15 months) and screened for malnutrition using the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) instrument. LÄS MER
2. Participation in shareholding networks for the care of older persons in rural Thailand : Older persons’ and relatives’ experiences
Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis was to explore how older persons and family caregivers experience taking part in shareholding networks related to health promotion activities for older people in rural areas in Thailand. The thesis had a qualitative research design and is based on original articles (I-IV). LÄS MER
3. Objective and subjective masticatory function in older individuals
Sammanfattning : Introduction: Oral health in the older population has improved, both in Sweden and in a global perspective. Oral health that has been associated to other, more general health perspectives such as nutrition and cognition, but also presents new challenges for the dental community. LÄS MER
4. Abdominal obesity among older population in Indonesia : socioeconomic and gender inequality, pattern and impacts on disability and death
Sammanfattning : Background: Population ageing has contributed to the rise of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Concurrently, obesity prevalence is increasing in all age groups and has become a serious public health problem. Obesity is the main risk factors of the major chronic NCDs such as type 2 diabetes and has been linked to disability and mortality. LÄS MER
5. Gotta survey somebody : Methodological challenges in population studies of older people
Sammanfattning : Conducting representative surveys of older people is challenging. This thesis aims to analyze a) the characteristics of individuals at risk of being underrepresented in surveys of older people, b) the systematic errors likely to occur as a result of these selections, and c) whether these systematic errors can be minimized by weighting adjustments. LÄS MER