Elderly with knee osteoarthritis should perform nutritional assessment: integrative literature review

ABSTRACT To review scientific literature to assess nutritional status of elderly patients with osteoarthritis in the last 16 years. This is an integrative literature review that included articles published in national and international journals indexed in PubMed, SciELO and BIREME. We selected 14 articles, and English language was predominant. The year of publication of articles ranged from 2006 to 2016, and most of papers were cross-sectional studies. To gather papers and for posterior evaluate, we used a validated data collection instrument and the included studies were critical analyzed by reading, gathering and analysis of articles. Studies suggested that there is a positive correlation between obesity and knee osteoarthritis. Obesity is one of the most important modifiable factors in worsening of osteoarthritis symptoms.

摘要：本研究旨在回顾近16年间的科学文献，以评估骨关节炎（osteoarthritis）老年患者的营养状况。本研究为整合性文献综述，纳入了PubMed、SciELO及BIREME收录的国内外期刊发表的相关文章。最终共纳入14篇文献，其中以英文文献为主。文献发表时间跨度为2006年至2016年，且多数研究为横断面研究。为收集文献并开展后续评估，本研究采用了经过验证的数据收集工具，并通过阅读、整理与分析文献，对纳入的研究进行了批判性分析。研究结果显示，肥胖与膝关节骨关节炎呈正相关关系；肥胖是导致骨关节炎症状加重的最重要可干预因素之一。