The role of nutritional status in the clinical outcomes of elderly with COVID-19 under intensive care

Authors

  • Wanessa de Oliveira Rocha Escola Superior de Ciências da Saúde -ESCS
  • Caroline Soares Menezes Secretaria de Estado de Saúde do Distrito Federal - SESDF
  • Bruna de Abreu Flores Toscano Secretaria de Estado de Saúde do Distrito Federal - SESDF

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51723/ccs.v33i01.934

Keywords:

Covid-19, Malnutrition, Obesity, Nutrition Assessment, Mortality

Abstract

Elderly people and patients with comorbidities were identified as being at high risk for the severe form of COVID-19. Objective: To investigate the role of nutritional status in clinical outcomes of elderly patients with COVID-19 under intensive care. Method: Longitudinal, retrospective, observational and analytical study. Elderly individuals with COVID-19, admitted to the ICU and emergency box of a public hospital that are reference for the treatment of COVID-19, were included. Poisson regression was used to verify the association of inadequate nutritional risk with the presented outcomes. Results: The sample consisted of 153 elderly, with 58% men. Previous nutritional disorders interfered with clinical outcomes, overweight patients had a higher risk of needing mechanical ventilation (RR: 2.15; 95%CI: 1.01-4.57; p= 0.044), but those with malnutrition evolved more to death. 66.3% of patients without excess weight and 33.63% with excess weight died. However, there was no association between overweight and death in elderly hospitalized with COVID-19 (p=0.119). Conclusion: It was found that inadequate nutritional status, both overweight/obesity and malnutrition, can contribute to unfavorable outcomes, such as the need for mechanical ventilation and death, respectively. These findings reinforce the need for further studies to clarify the role of nutritional status in the clinical outcomes of COVID-19.

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Author Biographies

Wanessa de Oliveira Rocha, Escola Superior de Ciências da Saúde -ESCS

Nutricionista. Especialista em Nutrição clínica com ênfase em Urgência e Trauma pela Secretaria de Estado de Saúde do Distrito Federal – SES-DF. Graduada em Nutrição pela Universidade Federal de Alagoas - UFAL.

Caroline Soares Menezes, Secretaria de Estado de Saúde do Distrito Federal - SESDF

Nutricionista. Mestre em Ciências para a Saúde e Tutora do Programa de Residência Multiprofissional em Urgência e Trauma pela Secretaria de Estado de Saúde do Distrito Federal - SES-DF. Graduada em Nutrição pela Universidade Católica de Brasília - UCB. Brasília, Brasil.

Bruna de Abreu Flores Toscano, Secretaria de Estado de Saúde do Distrito Federal - SESDF

Nutricionista. Especialista de Nutrição Enteral e Parenteral pela Sociedade Brasileira de Nutrição Parenteral e Enteral -SBNPE, Especialista em Nutrição Clínica pela Secretaria de Estado de Saúde do Distrito Federal - SES-DF, preceptora do Programa de Residência Multiprofissional em Urgência e Trauma pela SES-DF. Graduada em Nutrição pela Universidade de Brasília - UnB. Brasília, Brasil.

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Published

2022-03-11

How to Cite

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Rocha W de O, Menezes CS, Toscano B de AF. The role of nutritional status in the clinical outcomes of elderly with COVID-19 under intensive care. Com. Ciências Saúde [Internet]. 2022 Mar. 11 [cited 2024 Jul. 3];33(01). Available from: https://revistaccs.escs.edu.br/index.php/comunicacaoemcienciasdasaude/article/view/934

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