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Lourdes López-hernández

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Factors Affecting Attitudes towards Older People in Undergraduate Nursing Students

2021

Background: The population of older people is increasing worldwide. The social and healthcare systems need many nurses to care for the elderly. Positive attitudes increase the preference to work with older people and improve the quality of care. This study describes attitudes towards the elderly in a sample of nursing students, and analyzes the potential factors influencing these attitudes. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in nursing students during the academic course 2017–2018. Kogan’s Attitude Toward Old People Scale was used to assess student attitudes towards older people. Results: The study included 377 undergraduate nursing students, of which 75.9% were women. The mea…

Gerontologymedicine.medical_specialtyLeadership and ManagementUndergraduate nursingPopulationHealth InformaticsArticleNursing careHealth Information Managementageismmedicineeducationnursing studentsGeriatricseducation.field_of_studyHealth PolicyfactorsRPreferenceagedScale (social sciences)attitudeMedicineNursing homesPsychologyOlder peopleHealthcare
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Nutritional Status and Risk Factors for Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older People: A Cross-Sectional Study

2020

Objective: This study aims to assess the relationship that frailty has with nutritional status and functional risk factors in community-dwelling older adults. Methods: Cross-sectional study in community-dwelling older people, independent for walking and without impaired cognition. Frailty was assessed by Fried criteria. Nutritional status was analyzed by the Mini Nutritional Assessment Short Form (MNA-SF), biochemical markers (albumin, total proteins, cholesterol, lymphocytes, and hemoglobin)

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Improved Nutritional Knowledge in the Obese Adult Population Modifies Eating Habits and Serum and Anthropometric Markers

2020

Multicomponent lifestyle interventions achieve good results in the management of obesity among the adult population. However, their implementation in certain populations poses difficulties. A good level of nutritional knowledge enables people to make changes in their diet that improve their health. This study aims to assess the relationship between nutritional knowledge and nutritional parameters such as dietary intake, anthropometric parameters and biomarkers. A before&ndash

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