Revisão da prevalência e fatores associados aos risco e desnutrição em portadores de demências

Abstract

Introduction: aging is a factor that drives the onset and worsening of dementias. Inappetence and drop in body weight are symptoms that negatively interfere with the prognosis and alter nutritional status. Objective: to verify in the literature the prevalence of malnutrition and associated risk factors in the elderly and adults with dementia. Methods: literature review, with publication period between 2010-2020, using controlled descriptors, carried out in the Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (Lilacs), Google Scholar and Scientific Electronic Library Online (Scielo) research bases .Results: the selection consisted of 8 original articles, the oldest published in 2011 and the most recent in 2019. Nutritional risk in the elderly and adults with dementia had as one of the main factors aging and disease progression. Discussion and conclusion: the high prevalence of malnutrition in the elderly and adults with dementia is due to impaired autonomy and mobility, aging, advancing dementia, difficulty in chewing and swallowing solid foods, reducing water intake, inadequate nutrition and health status previously compromised nutritional status.