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KMID : 0379220180380030537
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Journal of Korea Gerontological Society
2018 Volume.38 No. 3 p.537 ~ p.550
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Status and It's Related Factors of Total Body Water in the Community-Dwelling Elderly
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Lee Young-Hee
Oh Jin-Joo
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the status of total body water and it's influencing factors in community elderly. In this descriptive study, data were collected from 135 elderly at senior citizen center, from October 4 2016 to February 28 2017. Surveys using questionnaire and anthropometric measurements for BMI and total body water were done for data collection. The results of the study showed that while most of the subjects of the study showed total body water within the appropriate range, some elderly especially elderly women show a degraded total body water. Total body water showed significant difference according to sex, body mass index, number of chronic illness, number of medication and urinary incontinence levels. Significant influencing factors were BMI(β=-0.51, p=<.001), sex(β=-0.47, p=<.001) and this regression model explained 51% of the variance in total body water. In the future, attention needs to be paid to the total body water of the elderly in the local community, especially to the elderly women with risk factors.
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KEYWORD
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total body water, dehydration, community dwelling elderly
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