Effectiveness of nutritional counseling intervention in patients with Parkinson’s disease at the National Geriatric Hospital
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Malnutrition is common among patients with Parkinson’s disease and remains prevalent in Vietnam, while nutritional counseling has not yet been systematically implemented. A quasi-experimental intervention study without a control group was conducted among 41 patients with Parkinson’s disease at stages 1–3 who were malnourished or at risk of malnutrition according to the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA). Participants received individualized nutritional counseling and were followed for six months. The mean MNA score increased from 19.59 ± 3.09 at baseline (T0) to 21.23 ± 3.18 at 3 months (T1) and 20.22 ± 2.87 at 6 months (T2) (p < 0.001). Body weight, body mass index (BMI), ADL, IADL, and PDQ-8 scores showed statistically significant changes over time (p < 0.05), whereas the proportion of malnutrition decreased after three months but did not reach statistical significance. These findings suggest that individualized nutritional counseling may initially improve nutritional status and selected functional outcomes in patients with Parkinson’s disease.
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Parkinson’s disease, nutritional counseling, Mini Nutritional Assessment, malnutrition, intervention
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