The Nutritional Status and Food-services Satisfaction of the Korean Elderly Patients with Stroke in the Rehabilitation Hospital

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Keywords: Nutritional status · Food-services satisfaction · Stroke · Elderly Background/Aims: The purpose of this study is to investigate the nutritional status and food-services satisfaction of the Korean elderly patients with stroke (KEPS) in the rehabilitation hospital. Methods: This study was conducted on 100 KEPS in a rehabilita?tion hospital in Incheon, Korea from June to August, 2018. All data were collected using one-to-one interview with questionnaires, and analyzed using SPSS 21.0 program. In particular, their nutri?tional status was assessed using the elderly nutrition index (ENI) developed by Korean Nutrition Society and 24-hour recall method (analyzed by CAN pro 5.0). More than half of the subjects were over 70 years old, and compared with cerebral hemorrhage more subjects were suffered from cerebral infarction. The average score of ENI was 33.4 points which was very lower than criteria score (62 points) of the Korean Nutrition Society. In addition, all items of ENI such as balance and diversity were judged to be medium and low grade, so nutritional management is necessary focused on them. Results: The average energy intake of the subjects was 1,863 kcal which was a good level compared to Dietary Reference Intakes for Korean, but they had less intakes of vitamin D, calcium, potas?sium and magnesium. Satisfaction with hospital meals was higher in male elderly (p?< 0.05), and the frequency of leaving food was higher in the female elderly because amount of food was too much (p? < 0.05). These results showed that it is necessary to provide meals of high quality supplemented with deficient nutrients to im?prove unbalanced nutritional status for KEPS. Conclusion: Korean elderly patients with stroke satisfied with the meals at their rehabilitation hospital.