Is hydration enough in a healthy group of the elderly in a Valladolid neighbourhood?

• MJ. Castro Alija ^[1] ; MJ. Cao Torija ^[1] ; JM. Jimenez Pérez ^[1] ; A. García Del Río ^[1] ; I. Fernández Escudero ^[1] ; M. Frutos Martín ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad de Valladolid

     Universidad de Valladolid

     Valladolid, España

     
• Localización: Nutrición hospitalaria: Órgano oficial de la Sociedad Española de Nutrición Clínica y Metabolismo (SENPE), ISSN-e 1699-5198, ISSN 0212-1611, Vol. 32, Nº. Extra 2 (Diciembre 2015), 2015 (Ejemplar dedicado a: II INTERNATIONAL AND IV SPANISH HYDRATION CONGRESS), págs. 25-26
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.3305/nh.2015.32.sup2.10284
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• Resumen

  • Introduction: Health education is the best tool to promote changes in the behaviour in the elderly to increase liquid consumption as a habit.

    Objective: a) General: Improve the hydration in the elderly of a Valladolid neighbourhood; b) Specific: Determine water consumption and other liquids in an elderly group. Design an Education programme for health (EpS) to improve hydration.

    Method: A sample of 60 people between 65 and 88 years old was evaluated. It was composed of 50% males and 50% females, in an aged neighbourhood in Valladolid. All were regular users of the Senior Center. A questionnaire with ten items to evaluate hydration was filled by each participant. The results were used to design an EpS programme.

    Results: Evaluation of liquid intake: 53% females reach an intake of 1.8 l while 50% males only reach 1.3 l. Design of an EpS programme. Educational goals, which consist in three activities for 60 minutes, once a week, during two months: Feel and taste; Pyramid of healthy hydration; Trivial of water; Active methodology; Human and material resources; Evaluation.

    Conclusions: An EpS programme is a useful tool to achieve the increase of water consumption and that of other drinks with a consequent decrease of the dehydration risk in a specially vulnerable population group. Females have lower risk of dehydration than males due to consumption of other drinks apart from water.