The Journal of Neurobehavioral Sciences

Yazarlar: Guzin Zerenozturk , Cuneyt Ardic , Mehmet Vatansever

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DOI:10.5455/JNBS.1511938899

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Özet: Hemiplegia is a neurological deficit affecting one half of the body. For this reason, it affects daily life activities mainly nutrition and causes addiction to other individuals. The aim of our study is to evaluate the nutritional status of individuals with hemiplegia and the factors that affect them. Work ethic committee approval Recep Tayyip Erdogan University was taken from the Ethics Committee of NonInterventional Studies. It was held between 1 May 2017 and 31 October 2017. In randomly selected patients based on volunteerism from the hemiplegic patients lying in Trabzon Maça Ömer Burhanoğlu Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Center. The NRS 2002 evaluation form and the questionnaire form consisting of socio-demographic features and other information created by us were made by the face-to-face method. The data were analyzed using chi-square and Student’s t-tests; p <0.05 was considered significant. A total of 97 patients were included in the study. Of these, 42 (43.3%) were women; 55 (56.7%) were male. The mean age was 47.16 ± 19.46 (min8, max 93). 63 (62.9%) had at least 1 chronic disease. Preliminary evaluation of the NRS 2002 was performed and 33 (34%) of the subjects were evaluated with main evaluation. 13 (39.4%) were determined to be at a risk of nutritional. Nutritional disorder is an important health problem in patients with hemiplegia as in all stroke patients. Although there was no significant relationship between nutritional status and factors questioned in our study. However, as nutrition is a multi-factorial situation, larger studies are needed in this regard.

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