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Original Article
Factors Contributing to Low Weight in Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Jung Soon Kim, Yun Hee Kim, Jung Ok Yu
Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing 2014;22(4):429-437.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2011.22.4.429
Published online: April 4, 2014

1Professor, College of Nursing, Pusan National University, Korea.

2Full-time lecture, Department of Nursing, Bukyong National University, Korea.

3Dotoral Student, College of Nursing, Pusan National University, Korea.

• Received: October 30, 2011   • Revised: December 13, 2011   • Accepted: December 13, 2011

© 2011 Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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  • Purpose
    The purposes of this study were to describe the prevalence of low weight and to investigate related factors contributing to low weight in community-dwelling older adults.
  • Methods
    From the database of the Fourth Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES-IV), the researchers selected 2,964 older adults aged over 65. The original study was a population-based epidemiological survey of health and nutrition with a stratified multistage clustered probability design. Data were analyzed using χ2-test and multiple logistic regression with the SPSS/WIN 18.0 program.
  • Results
    The prevalence of low weight in older adults was 4.7%. The prevalence of low weight was different according to demographic characteristics. That is, the rate was higher in male elders, older ones, and rural residents. In the cases of current smoking, frequent alcohol consumption and no chronic disease, the prevalence of low weight was higher. Age, gender, area of residence, and current smoking were found to be contributing factors to low weight in community-dwelling older adults.
  • Conclusion
    The result of this study provides important insights into possible reasons for low weight in community-dwelling older adults and suggests that low weight should be considered in promoting older adults' health.
Table 1
Difference in Low Body weight Prevalence among the Elderly Socio-demographics, Health related & Dietry Habit Characteristics
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Unweighted; Weighted.

Table 2
Contributing Factors for Low Body Weight in Elderly
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OR=odds ratio; CI=confidence interval.

This study was supported by the Research Institute of Nursing Science, Pusan National University.

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